Sorry...another forum I read has a couple of vehement anit-NASA posters so the meme is kind of ingrained at this point.
I'm totally excited about the new capabilities. APOD is one of my favorite sites.
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The final visit to Hubble
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Sorry...another forum I read has a couple of vehement anit-NASA posters so the meme is kind of ingrained at this point.
I'm totally excited about the new capabilities. APOD is one of my favorite sites.
leekohler
macrumors G5
The government might do a lot of stupid things and waste money on useless crap, but NASA is one thing that I think is worth every dime.
Except the Mars rover that crashed because they forgot to use the metric system, that was a waste 😉
Except the Mars rover that crashed because they forgot to use the metric system, that was a waste 😉
CorvusCamenarum
macrumors 65816
+1
Things like this make me want to go back to Space Camp. Yes, I just admitted I went to Space Camp when I was a kid. Twice.
LizKat
macrumors 604
I watched this launch on NASA TV streamed live to my MacBook. I love the Hubble telescope pictures and hope this crew's mission goes well. Worth every penny!
A couple of creations of mine have made it onto there 🙂
Fingers crossed for a safe and successful mission. I LOVE watching Nasa TV in the background at work during a spacewalk - Helmet-cam rocks.
+2
the hubble is one of the most important satellite of our generation. it's shuttle services are worth its weight in gold.
dontwalkhand
macrumors 604
Actually, given the age of the Hubble telescope, a G4 mini would probably run circles around the computer powering it 😉
Supposedly, a pocket calculator is more powerful than the computers on the Apollo spacecraft that sent men to the moon.
Eidorian
macrumors Penryn
Yeah - I believe it's currently operating on something equiv to a rad hardened 486.
The two mars rovers run on RAD6000 chips, 20Mhz. MRO, in orbit now, and MSL, the next rover, runs on the RAD750 which is a PowerPC derived chip 🙂
The two mars rovers run on RAD6000 chips, 20Mhz. MRO, in orbit now, and MSL, the next rover, runs on the RAD750 which is a PowerPC derived chip 🙂
For those like me - who can't get NASA TV on my actual TV..
http://www.neil-online.com/nasa/
Shuttle checkout today
HST rendezvous tomorrow
Space walks on Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon.
Doug
http://www.neil-online.com/nasa/
Shuttle checkout today
HST rendezvous tomorrow
Space walks on Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon.
Doug
bartelby
macrumors Core
twoodcc
macrumors P6
iBlue
macrumors Core