Comments on: More Hubble goodness, this time with… Data?

By: ebony chess set

ebony chess set — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:24:20 +0000

Brent Spiner is the perfect host for this program. When I visited the Kennedy Space Center, I watched an IMAX presentation narrated by Tom Cruise. Spiner and Cruise are both actors but somehow the make believe android seems more credible.

By: JGH-4774

JGH-4774 — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:54:14 +0000

Wow. Fantastic video. What’s happening after Hubble is decommissioned? Will there be another “Hubble”?

By: Lugosi

Lugosi — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:34:56 +0000

Well, the whole “programmed for multiple techniques” thing was what made Data such a popular crew member on the Enterprise. Perhaps it also explains Hubble’s enduring appeal!

By: JB of Brisbane

JB of Brisbane — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:25:17 +0000

I was waiting for the line (in voice like Jimmy Stewart), “For God’s sake, Mary, they made this thing in Bedford Falls!”

By: R-man

R-man — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:44:00 +0000

See? This is what happens if Data has his emotion chip in, and Picard doesn’t interrupt him!

By: Adam English

Adam English — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:43:07 +0000

Yea I don’t believe in fake space footage, I just thought that one item was odd. Thanks for clearing it up

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:16:30 +0000

That was a magnificent video. Thanks BA I loved it.

[pedant mode on] I could quibble about a couple of exceedingly minor nits : “Jupiter-mass exoplanets?” – the ones HST saw (Fomalhaut b, HR 8799′s trio) were *Superjovian* with many times Jupiter’s mass weren’t they? Also the possible confusion of anti-gravity when “dark energy” may have been a better choice of words. But no. [/pedant mode off.]

That was superb.

Data always was a good character (one of my faves – although not as good as Deanna Troi who I quite a crush on. ) & great to see the actor who portrayed him so well doing such marvellous work for science fact as well as science fiction.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:17:38 +0000

Just a great TNG reference.

By: Carol Elaine

Carol Elaine — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:54:41 +0000

Not only does Brent Spiner narrate, turns out he did so at JPL – while I was only a few buildings away (I work at JPL). Which I found out about after the fact through his Twitter feed.

So close…

By: Bigfoot

Bigfoot — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:11:44 +0000

Fully functional and programmed for multiple techniques, yes, but remember that Hubble hardware is strictly limited to voyeurism.

By: jcm

jcm — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:32:22 +0000

Nice!

By: Farid Samii

Farid Samii — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:01:21 +0000

Phil you sure are a trekkie nerd, kaplah brother!

By: worlebird

worlebird — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:27:39 +0000

@ Adam English “His left arm (right to us) has a plastic tab or something below his Flag patch. It bounces different than I’d expect in space.”
That plastic tab is an instruction reference card strapped to the astronaut’s arm, so he can look at it to remind him of everything he needs to do. The reason it bounces a little differently than other things connected to the space suit is that it is strapped with elastic type bands such that it will stay flat and readable even if it gets knocked around a bit.
“I saw it and thought they were doing a reenactment on Earth.”
At the same time as the card bounces, take a look at the other astronaut, hanging horizontally above him. Note the strap/carabiner hanging from the astronaut’s midsection. It definitely floats free in microgravity, so this is not shot on Earth. The motion of the card is completely due to the way it is strapped on.

By: Charles Evo

Charles Evo — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:01:04 +0000

I get the Data joke!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:30:35 +0000

Hmm, programmed for multiple techniques? Okay, time to get my mind out of the gutter…

By: fox

fox — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:09:16 +0000

@ Adam English: The Reason why astronauts in space seem to move really slow, is because they do. But the reason for that is that they are really careful, because they are in space, and they don’t want to gain impulse in the wrong direction. It is not like in the videos of the moon landing, where things seem to be slower because of lower gravity. There is no such thing when working ob the hubble telescope – things are practically weightless, and there isn’t even any friction since space is practically emtpy. I don’t think that you have got a reason to believe the footage to be fake.

By: Een mooie video van twintig jaar Hubble | Astroblogs

Een mooie video van twintig jaar Hubble | Astroblogs — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:46:50 +0000

[...] Brent Spiner, de acteur die Data speelde in Star Trek: The Next Generation is de verteller. Bron: Bad Astronomy. Gerelateerde Astroblog:Ook Google viert 20 jaar Hubble Tags: Hubble, video | Categorie: diversen [...]

By: Adam English

Adam English — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:44:20 +0000

Phil, at 15 seconds in, the astronaut on the bottom right. His left arm (right to us) has a plastic tab or something below his Flag patch. It bounces different than I’d expect in space. Is that how it would act? I saw it and thought they were doing a reenactment on Earth. All the videos I see of space everyone moves slow and exaggerated.