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OT ON TONIGHT -- Meteors: Fire in the Sky
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OT ON TONIGHT -- Meteors: Fire in the Sky -
10-02-2005
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Wanna see a good metaphor for what's happening to Republicans right now? hehehe... Catch the History Channel at 8 PM. I thought "Chicken Little" wasn't out yet |
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Wanna see a good metaphor for what's happening to Republicans right now? hehehe... Catch the History Channel at 8 PM. |
to the Democrats for years.
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"The golf swing is like sex. You can't be thinking about the mechanics
of the act while you are performing." -- Dave Hill
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On 03 Oct 2005 02:42:12 GMT, "badgolferman" REMOVETHISbadgolferman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote: Learning Richard, 10/2/2005,7:44:21 PM, wrote: Wanna see a good metaphor for what's happening to Republicans right now? hehehe... Catch the History Channel at 8 PM. It looks more like a historical description of what has been happening to the Democrats for years. and they keep it up. fascinating program...thanks Richard. |
was off in space because of the zero gravity. They said the mirror was
designed and ground to such absolute tight specs that it flexed
differently in zero gravity. This was the engineering disasters show.
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On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:56:34 -0400, ma_twain <ma_twain (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote: Scott in Florida wrote: On 03 Oct 2005 02:42:12 GMT, "badgolferman" REMOVETHISbadgolferman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote: Learning Richard, 10/2/2005,7:44:21 PM, wrote: Wanna see a good metaphor for what's happening to Republicans right now? hehehe... Catch the History Channel at 8 PM. It looks more like a historical description of what has been happening to the Democrats for years. and they keep it up. fascinating program...thanks Richard. I love the History and Discovery Channels. I learned the Hubble mirror was off in space because of the zero gravity. They said the mirror was designed and ground to such absolute tight specs that it flexed differently in zero gravity. This was the engineering disasters show. I agree. I thought they fu*ked up the Hubble by not actually testing all the components on the ground prior to launch....and had to take a corrective lens up on the Shuttle.. quote The initial failure of the Hubble Space Telescope is an example of problems caused by relying on computer simulations. |
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orbiting telescope sent its first photographs back to Earth, the images were unexpectedly fuzzy and out of focus. NASA determined that the problem was the result of a human error made years before the launch: the telescope's mirror had been ground into the wrong shape. The mirror, tested prior to launch like the telescope's other separate components, functioned properly on its own. However, the manufacturers did not actually test the mirror in conjunction with the other components. The manufacturers relied on computer simulations to determine that the separate components would work together. The simulation didn't take into account the possibility of a misshapen mirror. |
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| http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...10/ai_n8814801 The shuttle mission to fix the fu*k up was STS 58 EVA #4 performed on flight day seven by Thornton and Akers. High-Speed Photometer, one of Hubble scientific instruments, removed and replaced with Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) unit. Task took less time to complete than expected. COSTAR designed to redirect light to three of four remaining Hubble instruments to compensate for flaw in primary mirror of telescope. Thornton and Akers also installed co-processor to enhance memory and speed of Hubble computer. http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/chron/sts-61.htm |
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