Comments on: Science Friday: Hubble Edition

By: Hat Rick

Hat Rick — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:18:44 +0000

Enough about Pluto. What about his owner, Mickey?

:-D

http://disney-clipart.com/Pluto/character/Pluto-Mickey.jpg

Seriously, though, the HST never ceases to amaze.

Some years ago, I wrote about the New Horizons space probe just as it launched from Earth. I look forward to more news about it as the spacecraft approaches Pluto. Something tells me a more colorful Pluto than anticipated will greet our robotic friend — gentle recrimination, perhaps, for the fact that shortly after New Horizons made its way to the PLANET Pluto, it found itself headed to the DWARF PLANET of the same name!

;-)

By: Desstruxion

Desstruxion — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:23:56 +0000

I don’t care about canon. As far as I’m concerned Pluto is still a planet. Unless…..I’m actually in an alternate timeline……and how would I know this?

By: CmdrR

CmdrR — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:44:53 +0000

Cool stuff, as usual!

By: Losira

Losira — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:32:56 +0000

Hubble had.a bump or. Two to workout and a bug or three. Many complex mechinisoms do. But then it took off out their working beyond expectations. Lesson: Patience is a virtue. And the pics beautiful. Keep trekkin hubble we love you

By: Thorny

Thorny — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:06:00 +0000

I don’t think Hubble was really billed as a “glorified digital camera” when it was launched in 1990, as digital cameras then were largely unheard of.

By: Capt Mike of the Terran Empire

Capt Mike of the Terran Empire — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:38:00 +0000

Hmmm. You think the Melkotions stole our design. Hmmm Maybe they have already visited us.

By: THX-1138 of 9

THX-1138 of 9 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:40:48 +0000

You beat me to it. I was thinking the same thing. Maybe there are just some planets that are out of focus.

By: Chris Pike

Chris Pike — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:19:19 +0000

That Pluto Hubble shot looks exactly like a planet effect from Anderson co VFX on the original series – the version where they held the planet model out of focus for effect…

By: NCC-73515

NCC-73515 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:07:49 +0000

Hm, you didn’t get my email?

ESA news report quotes famous Vulcan LLAP
“Live long and prosper, Xanthoria elegans”
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM72XRJR4G_index_0.html

By: SebiMeyer

SebiMeyer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:00:51 +0000

Good thing it’s not red.