A remarkable piece of technology that we have grown used to having images beamed to us from has grown old. It happens to the best of us>
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A remarkable piece of technology that we have grown used to having images beamed to us from has grown old. It happens to the best of us>
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Remember that the Hubble was developed from the KH (Key Hole) spy satellites, and not even the latest one of the time. That's something to keep in mind if you get the urge to sunbathe nekkid...
Ed, who probably breaks spy satellites as well as cameras
Ed, they wrote a song about people like us skinny dipping. https://youtu.be/rX28RySkENM
The mirror on Hubble had to be so smooth that it was the equivalent of the surface of the earth having no bumps more than 6 inches high ---> smooth to 1/800,000 of an inch.
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/..._bolts/optics/
1/800,000 of an inch maybe more difficult to understand than a number like trillion. How do you measure that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Silver Creek
Real little ruler?Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Jesse
I can see that my bad influence has spread to the president of Mid-Tenn CCU...
:)
Ed