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.
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
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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.
I loooooove space. However, I have never seen a space shuttle launch on live TV.
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.
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the hubble is one of the most important satellite of our generation. it's shuttle services are worth its weight in gold.
It would be funny to find out a Mac Mini G4 or something would run something like this
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.
It's probably a radiation hardened 286/386.It would be funny to find out a Mac Mini G4 or something would run something like this
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
Is there a live feed I can get in the UK? I thought I saw a link to it from BBC and now I can't locate it.
@ MacNut & bartelby - Hmmm, well I seem to get no picture in safari and firefox both. I get audio, occasionally.
Damn.
Damn.