Comments on: Bon voyage, Hubble

By: Geoff Coupe

Geoff Coupe — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:30:07 +0000

Unfortunately, this video is now no longer visible, because it seems that someone in NASA has decided that it should be private. A great pity.

By: Black Feather

Black Feather — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:49:58 +0000

What part of the globe is this event taking place? It looks like a desert.

By: IllvilJa

IllvilJa — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:36:53 +0000

Awesome video!

(Que Lee, this takes place in direct sunlight, so the stars in the background are too faint, relatively speaking, to be seen)

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:51:21 +0000

That is sooo freaking amazing! I’ve watched that video a bunch of times now… never gets old!

But why does the earth not move quickly like you see in other space videos?

By: Wow

Wow — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:35:01 +0000

Very inspiring. Too bad the U.S. military is trying to “Take Up Space” (as their slogan goes) in a military sense. Yes, the American military-industrial complex wants total military domination of Planet Earth, and NASA often functions as a means of mastering the technology required to do so.

We need more Knowledge for All, and less Power for the Few.

By: Que Lee

Que Lee — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:44:01 +0000

This video is fake. You can tell because there are no stars in the background.

By: T_U_T

T_U_T — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:16:26 +0000

Yes, using the orbiter to bring Hubble back would not be a trivial cost, but much cheaper than constructing a whole new vehicle.

As I pointed out. Moving it slowly to the international space station via attached ion thrusters would be cheaper in terms of mass that needs to be launched to the orbit. But everyone here dismissed the idea out of hand