Science is cool!

space, the final frontier

I was watching this in another window.
I got a strange feeling now... like I'm being watched.
;)

It seems like they are always working on that Hubble Space Telescope. I hope they finally fix it.

needs some Pink Floyd background music

as I write there’s a glorious view of the Earth with an astronaut silhouetted against it, as they pass over Africa at close to 18,000 miles per hour.

Charles, when are you going to stop promoting atheism and admit that the world is flat? ;-)

Reports are that the work has gone better than expected.

re: #7 pat

Heard yesterday (or read) that the Astronauts are saying that space is a much easier environment to work in than in the pool thingy.

We've (at work) been sending this out as well as the control rooms in Houston and Florida via satellite and fiber since just before the launch. A lot of it has been zzz but some of the glimpses as well as the conversations between ground control and the astonaughts has been riveting

re: #7 pat

Reports are that the work has gone better than expected.

unemployment in the space job sector is 0%...

re: #9 sattv4u2

We've (at work) been sending this out as well as the control rooms in Houston and Florida via satellite and fiber since just before the launch. A lot of it has been zzz but some of the glimpses as well as the conversations between ground control and the astonaughts has been riveting

PIMF

Looking forward to the new imagery after this upgrade. Been a lot fun to watch these spacewalks every morning.

Possibly the best mission ever for the Space Shuttle.

I hope they add some colored rocks to the lens area and finally make the Hubble Space Kaleidoscope that I've always wanted to see. /

Sure am glad that they were able to put cool cameras up there. Imagine what the first moonwalks would have looked like with today's cameras.

And with sattv4u workin' the stuff...

"It's all sticky!"
-Eddie Izzard

PERSPECTIVE

The USA has people in outer space fixing a telescope that can see the end of the Galaxy

The Palastinians hold 16th century keys !

re: #14 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Sure am glad that they were able to put cool cameras up there. Imagine what the first moonwalks would have looked like with today's cameras.

And with sattv4u workin' the stuff...

"It's all sticky!"
-Eddie Izzard

I wonder what this button does !

re: #16 sattv4u2

I wonder what this button does !

Don't touch that!

/

re: #15 sattv4u2

lol

re: #15 sattv4u2

PERSPECTIVE

The USA has people in outer space fixing a telescope that can see the end of the Galaxy

The Palastinians hold 16th century keys !

and Osama rubs 2 sticks together each night trying to get the cave warmed

re: #15 sattv4u2

PERSPECTIVE

The USA has people in outer space fixing a telescope that can see the end of the Galaxy

The Palastinians hold 16th century keys !

They had giant cardboard keys in the 16th century?

re: #17 Gus 802

Don't touch that!

/

My mom used to tell me that!

re: #21 sattv4u2

My mom used to tell me that!

My dad's like that. Used to call me "touchy touch."

"Why you touch everything!?"

re: #19 sattv4u2

You mean he isn't frakking a goat?

re: #21 sattv4u2

How I am not blind...

Heh. Spacemen of The Great Satan, orbiting the Earth, risking their lives repairing a telescope that has provided volumes of amazing photos for the benefit of all mankind.

All this from a nation that "has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive" toward Europe. A nation that has not "pursued and sustained engagement with our neighbors" because we "failed to see that our own progress is tied directly to progress throughout the Americas." A nation populated by people who are "bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them." Who "go over to Europe, and all we can say, 'Merci beaucoup.'"

I don't care. I'm still proud of America.

Godspeed, brave scientists.

re: #23 Macker

You mean he isn't frakking a goat?

I don't think you can make a fire rubbing two goats together, but what do I know!?!?!

re: #25 SlartyBartfast

ding whore!

Sorta kinda related: Are they making outer wheel bearings in Elbonia nowadays?

Williams said the incident "appears to have been caused by the failure of the outer wheel bearing ... the bearing was relatively new, having been on the aircraft for five weeks."

re: #25 SlartyBartfast

Who "go over to Europe, and all we can say, 'Merci beaucoup.'" In that I have to go abroad at times for work, and to help out our new president, i have learned to say KISS MY ASS in several languages!

My cable company used to carry Nasa TV. :(

I remember watching the first Hubble repair mission back in 1993, and the double satellite rescue mission in 1984. The one where the grappling device wasn't working, so the astronaut just reached out from the end of the shuttle's arm and grabbed the huge satellite. Good times.

Anyone else remember this?

re: #8 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Heard yesterday (or read) that the Astronauts are saying that space is a much easier environment to work in than in the pool thingy.

We all trip over the flipper thingys.

My older son was able to intern at the company that makes this cool gizmo. [Link: news.softpedia.com...]
Sad news is, they're laying off scientists this year.

re: #32 debutaunt

We all trip over the flipper thingys.

Thingies.

Looks like they're checking circuits at the moment.

Too bad they don't have a separate feed for an external shot.

re: #35 Steffan

Looks like they're checking circuits at the moment.

Too bad they don't have a separate feed for an external shot.

There are 5 different views coming from NASA TV. Right now 2 of them have the same image you're seeing. One other is an external shot, the other 2 are the control room in Houston

For the webcats they can only shoose one of the 5 at any given time to send out

one of these days I'm either going to learn how to type, or spell , or use spellcheck !

33 fasteners to go.

I detect a little snippiness today between the crew.

Totally cool!
Are they on the night side?

re: #40 callahan23

Totally cool!
Are they on the night side?

Sunrise coming now which you probably heard.

re: #41 Gus 802

Sunrise coming now which you probably heard.

Spoken English via radio communication is always a little harder to understand.
So I didn't get that part. Thanks *Gus 802*

re: #42 callahan23

Spoken English via radio communication is always a little harder to understand.
So I didn't get that part. Thanks *Gus 802*

You're welcome. Got the headphones on here so that always helps.

I appreciate the continuation of linking us to these live feeds! Would have missed it without you I think. So thanks again! :D

re: #43 Gus 802

It is also a lot of technical language plus all these specific abbreviations that compound my problem of understanding.

Aside from that it is extremely interesting to see and listen to all that work that is going into a short media info that the MSM would usually only release.
Particularly on this side of the pond.

Dangerous stuff they are about to handle!
Sharp edges.

re: #45 callahan23

It is also a lot of technical language plus all these specific abbreviations that compound my problem of understanding.

Aside from that it is extremely interesting to see and listen to all that work that is going into a short media info that the MSM would usually only release.
Particularly on this side of the pond.

The use a lot of acronyms. NASA has a general outline for the procedures.

They've practiced for this for two years from what I understand.

Moving down into the bay.
Beautiful images.

Amazing. Amazing. Simply amazing.

This is where I would like to be today. The best and brightest minds and coolest heads--great company.

They make this look easy, don't they? This is a job commitment without parallel.

I am in no way surprised by what NASA has pulled off on this mission. In fact, I expected it. And that may be the best praise of all. I have come to expect amazing things from NASA.

The world is a better (and better understood) place because of them.

Thank you NASA.

Thanks for posting this, Charles. I wish I were teaching science to kids young enough to catch the Promethean fire and allow their intellects to expand and embrace the endless possibilities the future holds.

re: #33 carefulnow

My older son was able to intern at the company that makes this cool gizmo. [Link: news.softpedia.com...]
Sad news is, they're laying off scientists this year.

If scientists are laid off--there is a shiny side--they may go into teaching. Not as glamorous, but sooo important to have hands-on practical knowledge. Priceless.

Hey, Charles,
Have you read "Riding Rockets" by Astronaut Mike Mullane? You would most enjoy it. It talks about space exploration, both in its technical and human aspects. He tells many funny and poignant stories about the shuttle program in the 1980s.

I highly recommend it.

re: #54 katemaclaren

Not in California.

Few things make me happier than watching NASA work.

Notice how much coverage this is getting the the MSM?

/All ND all the time.(sigh)

PIMF Notice how much coverage this is getting in the MSM?

I hope for the day when work like this goes on 24/7, all over the sky.

And not just in earth orbit.

I am reminded of an item in, if memory serves, The Economist. It showed a photograph of an astronaut who was floating above the Earth. The caption was, "I give up. Where is it?"