Comments on: Happy birthday Hubble (for real this time)

By: Kaleberg

Kaleberg — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:12:20 +0000

So, is anyone going to do a Hubble space telescope bloopers and out-takes gallery? That would be really neat, at least for certain values of neat. (Perhaps a shot with one of the astronaut’s hands visible in the aperture?)

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:55:20 +0000

D’oh! Correction – line completion – necessary :

Sort of – there’s the James Webb telescope the next great observatory which is ..an infra-red NOT a visual space observatory.

Finally, one last link & quote if I may :

NASA_Hubble : It’s Hubble’s 21st bday, but it won’t be drinking. Stability is very important to taking those spectacular images.

Via “Hubble tweets” : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/

Durn! Poor Hubble.

Guess that means *I’ll* hafta drink for it! [Raises beer, swigs deeply& con gusto.]

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:35:51 +0000

Plus additionally* see :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_Planet_Finder

Seems the TPF has been postponed by budget – hopefully will go ahead still one day?

http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/

NASA’s JWST site & finally :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope#Orbital_decay

Regarding the future prospects for Hubble post mission which notes :

“The final decision was not to attach a de-orbit module on STS-125, but to add a grapple fixture so a robotic mission could more easily attach such a module later.

So it seems they might be keeping options open, I think?

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* As opposed to “plus subtractively”, I know!

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:25:41 +0000

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:25:23 +0000

@ ^ mike burkhart : Sort of – there’s the James Webb telescope the next great observatory which is , the Terrestrial Planet finder and others – which will be great and do lots of good for science and us all – but they won’t be Hubble.

There’s not going to be a duplicate of Hubble or with its exact capabilities, structure and design. In Other Words, no ‘Hubble-2′ but some Hubble successors.

Personally, I wish they’d keep Hubble up there, boost it into a higher orbit out of harm’s way spo its not “space junk” but where it can, decades or centuries hence, be repaired or retrieved rather than give it a “viking funeral” by re-entering & destroying it over the Pacific ocean. However, if I understand right, the plan is that the HST will be de-orbited in a something like five or so years time.

By: mike burkhart

mike burkhart — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:02:07 +0000

Hubble has expaned our knowelge of the universe.I think it been a sucess and hope it continues .But it will have to be replace evetuly .So I wonder is Hubbel 2 in the works?

By: Carey

Carey — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:57:39 +0000

Hubble gotchu!

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:55:22 +0000

Great image

This animation here :

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/11/video/c/

is pretty great too.

Happy birthday Hubble – & thanks!

By: Happy Birthday, Hubble! — Griffin Science

Happy Birthday, Hubble! — Griffin Science — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:44:30 +0000

[...] to the incredible Hubble Space Telescope turning 21 today… Happy birthday Hubble (for real this time) | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine: “Today is the 21st anniversary of Hubble’s launch into space — I wrote about this the [...]

By: Martha

Martha — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:06:28 +0000

When an Earth based telescope observes something like changes in the clouds on Jupiter or a comet like the one in 1994 on its way to Jupiter how long does it take to make the necessary adjustments to have Hubble take a look?

By: Jamey

Jamey — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:41:59 +0000

As do I. They are fantastic images. There are three I have not seen before. Thanks for the heads up.

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:27:56 +0000

Heh. Thanks Jamey, I fixed that. I always mix up those two.

By: Jamey

Jamey — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:23:42 +0000

Life put the images online not Time.

By: Larian LeQuella

Larian LeQuella — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:06:42 +0000

Cool, then mix up my Hubble Based drink!

http://larianlequella.blogspot.com/2011/04/where-i-invent-new-drink-for-hubble.html