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NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Rolls into Place
From the NASA homepage:
"Space shuttle Atlantis' rollout to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been rescheduled to begin at 4 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 31 [today], as preparations for the STS-125 mission move forward. Atlantis is targeted to lift off May 12 to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
...During Atlantis' 11-day mission, the crew of seven astronauts will make the final shuttle flight to Hubble. During five spacewalks, they will install two new instruments, repair two inactive ones and replace components. The result will be six working, complementary science instruments with capabilities beyond what is now available, and an extended operational lifespan for the telescope through at least 2014."
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11 years ago
The windows make it look fake.
Reply 11 years ago
i need tacos i need them or i will explode this happens to me some times (my old avatar was good and bad gir)
Reply 11 years ago
it happens to everyone
Reply 11 years ago
except llamas....they area a superior race....and several extinct species of turkey-monkeys
Reply 11 years ago
oooooooook?
Reply 11 years ago
erka-waff?
Reply 11 years ago
what ever
Reply 11 years ago
o..sorry, i didn;t now you didn't speak waffles....i can teach you if you want :)
Reply 11 years ago
ok
Reply 11 years ago
yup
Reply 11 years ago
Which windows? Do you mean the protective covers over the cockpit panels? Or do you mean the viewports along the side of the shuttle? Or are you talking about the SRB separation motors in the frustrums (lower half of nose code) of the two SRBs?
Reply 11 years ago
yeah, I meant the protective panels oops
Reply 11 years ago
PHOTOSHOPEEEDDDDD
Reply 11 years ago
HHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Reply 11 years ago
heheheh? or heeeeeeee?
Reply 11 years ago
does it matter?
Reply 11 years ago
yes....hehe means gigle....heee means him ...either way, its PHOTOSHOPPPEDDDDDDD :p
Reply 11 years ago
it was hehehehehe it does look real
Reply 11 years ago
oo.....lol :P
Reply 11 years ago
Viewports? I think those are the cargo bay door hinges.
11 years ago
HubbleBubbleToTheMax.
AKA HBTTM.
Only the secret GorillazMiko people know that.
AKA SGMP.
Only eggs know that though.
AKA HF7834N3NF72G22HNDFWJRHNM_64HDKUI.
Nobody but I know that.
hehe
Reply 11 years ago
Lamas?
Reply 11 years ago
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh lammas!!!!! (from dude where,s my car)
Reply 11 years ago
are they attacking you?
Reply 11 years ago
yes but i have knex guns
=)
Reply 11 years ago
o....yea, i see you, but your in...in the...OMG THEY'RE EATING HIM!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Reply 11 years ago
lol
Reply 11 years ago
they're toaking me to their lare....i might not be back for a couple days....
Reply 11 years ago
They're toking you? Dude, you've become a Shel Silverstein character!
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/t/thegreatsmokeoff.shtml
Reply 11 years ago
hahahah! good god! AHHHHHHHH!
Reply 11 years ago
wait!, thats an ostrich~
11 years ago
what will happen to hubble when it finally dies?
Reply 11 years ago
Depends on what you mean by "dies." If you mean when the instruments are no longer able to collect or transmit images, then it'll be powered off, and probably deorbited to avoid collisions or debris.
Reply 11 years ago
why not just crash it?
Reply 11 years ago
(a) to avoid leaving debris in orbit that will destroy other satellites (I guess you haven't followed the news for the past couple of years); (b) to avoid having large pieces fall on populated areas.
Reply 11 years ago
i know about the crashed satellite(s) i'm pretty sure NASA engineers can calculate the trajectory, so that is lands in the ocean
Reply 11 years ago
That's what "deorbit" means -- using the thrusters to take it out of orbit in a controlled way on a known trajectory. "Just crash it" usually means wait till the fuel runs out, rely on random atmospheric drag to slow it down, and wait for the fireworks. The latter is much more fun for the audience, but not really for the insurance companies!
Reply 11 years ago
oh, i though 'deorbit' meant to just move it to a different orbit, so that it is out of the way, but still in space
Reply 11 years ago
http://www.slackerastronomy.org/slackerpedia/index.php/Hubble_Space_Telescope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope#Future
Reply 11 years ago
become a very bright shooting star? :-)
11 years ago
Atlantis is my favorite shuttle.
Reply 11 years ago
Discovery FTW
Reply 11 years ago
ftw??
Reply 11 years ago
(For The Win)
Reply 11 years ago
Oh. Thanks!
11 years ago
Hey Im like a few miles away from there!
Reply 11 years ago
Take a video!
Reply 11 years ago
Man I cant , My camera broke at a field trip!(Not joking)
11 years ago
hehe i gots the first rating