Atlantis Links Up To Hubble For Repairs 132
An anonymous reader writes "Space Shuttle Atlantis has finally caught up with the Hubble Space Telescope after following it for several hours. The 'link up' between the Space Shuttle and Hubble was a very delicate one as the two were flying through space at 17,200 MPH, 300 miles above the Earth's surface. The robotic arm of the shuttle grappled the telescope at 1:14 PM EDT today. The telescope will be latched to a high-tech Lazy Susan device known as the Flight Support System for the duration of the servicing work."
The Hubble can repair the Shuttle? (Score:2, Funny)
ILzy Susan? (Score:5, Funny)
Is that like an epileptic version of a lazy susan? I don't even know how you make a typo like that without having some sort of seizure.
Re:The Hubble can repair the Shuttle? (Score:5, Funny)
If Slashdot allowed image posting, this is where I'd post that picture from "UHF" where all the Asian dudes come out of the closet and yell "SUPPLIES!"
But I can't do that, so the point is probably moo.
Relative speeds (Score:5, Funny)
So they're going 17,200mph relative to the surface of the Earth? How fast are they going relative to some arbitrarily fixed point in the universe? Relative to another galaxy, we're hurtling towards it at some million mph, so maybe count that in as well.
I am reaching for my pop can while we travel at over 1 million miles per hour. SUCCESS! POP CAN LINKUP COMPLETE!
Re:The Hubble can repair the Shuttle? (Score:5, Funny)
I can't do that, so the point is probably moo.
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Hi, you dropped this while typing your post. I thought you might want it back.
Not very difficult... (Score:5, Funny)
I used to bullseye wamprats in my T16 back home and they're not much bigger than the hubble
Re:impressive/not impressive (Score:5, Funny)
"flying through space at 17,200 MPH, 300 miles above the Earth's surface. " Not impressive.
Then let's see you do it.
Re:Speed figures are meaningless (Score:1, Funny)
I don't know, during my flight home I had a pretty hard time getting my microUSB plug traveling at 500mph linked up to my cell phone traveling at 500mph.
Re:17,000 mph (Score:1, Funny)
Your precise calculation is off. If they moved at 0mph the linkup would occur, oh i'd say, never.
*queue smartass replies with inches per hour in scientific notation*
It was the hardest kiss in my life (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Speed figures are meaningless (Score:1, Funny)
I once nailed a broad on the red eye out of LA. My johnson was moving at roughly 31,680,008 inches per second compared to her tawdry 31,680,000 inches per second.
Re:impressive/not impressive (Score:4, Funny)
Do you have a U.S. government that I can borrow for awhile?
Re:Relative speeds (Score:5, Funny)
How fast are they going relative to some arbitrarily fixed point in the universe?
I am also manipulating a soda container at 552 km/s (1.23M mph), relative to the CMB rest frame [astro.ubc.ca]. Most highly trained soda operators are capable of this.
Re:ILzy Susan? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It was the hardest kiss in my life (Score:3, Funny)
She and I were standing on the earth, which was moving around the sun at 67,000 miles per hour. We struggled to make our lips meet...
You're a lucky man! Most of my liaisons appear to be with people who are not on the same planet as me at all.
Re:How about Relative Speed? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How about Relative Speed? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How about Relative Speed? (Score:4, Funny)
we can even land on asteroids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbFVPDhlIBQ [youtube.com]
(use footage from nasa's archives, not movies!)
Re:The Hubble can repair the Shuttle? (Score:5, Funny)
Joey: Because if he doesn't like you, this is all a moo point.
Rachel: Huh. A moo point?
Joey: Yeah, it's like a cow's opinion. It just doesn't matter. It's moo.
17,200, shmeventeen thousand two hundred... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:How about Relative Speed? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm pretty sure it's much more difficult to land a jet on an air craft carrier, but I wouldn't know for sure.
I would! TOP GUN - by the Angry Nintendo Nerd [youtube.com] Start at 2:10
Re:Relative speeds (Score:4, Funny)
no you mean 64.
it's just that your arbitrary reference for 0 is what others call +1.
Cheers,
-nB
Re:How about Relative Speed? (Score:3, Funny)
I can't understand it either, as I sit here, very carefully typing, going 17,880 MPH around the Sun.
I find it very amusing that such an orbital speed would put you somewhere in the neighborhood of Uranus.
Re:How about Relative Speed? (Score:2, Funny)
Just so long as he's not in the neighbourhood of mine.
Re:Not very difficult... (Score:2, Funny)
"It appears to be the Mother Ship."
"Then what did we just blow up?"
"The Hubble Telescope."