How NASA Prepares To Rescue Hubble, In Photos 37
Jamie pointed out a fantastic set of photos up at The Boston Globe, illustrating the painstaking preparations underway for the Shuttle mission to rescue the Hubble telescope. "This will be the final servicing mission to Hubble, the 30th flight of the 23-year old Atlantis, and one of the final 10 flights of the Space Shuttle program, which will be retired in 2010." Refreshingly, they've decided to include a many of the behind-the-scenes techies and the equipment they steward, rather than just the launch vehicles and crew.
Vodcasts (Score:5, Funny)
This isn't how it's supposed to go... (Score:2, Funny)
Once we complete the Apollo program and launch the shuttle we are supposed to win the game by successfully colonizing Alpha Centauri.
O'well, I guess we'll have to go back to plan 2: world domination by force of arms.
Re:This isn't how it's supposed to go... (Score:1, Funny)
O'well, I guess we'll have to go back to plan 2...
Wake me up when we get to Plan 9.
Re:Fixing what wasn't designed to be fixed. (Score:5, Funny)