What is Digg?Sponsored by Dragon Age: Origins
Join the Dragon Age: Origins development team on Facebook view!
facebook.com/DragonAgeOrigins - EA presents BioWare's new dark fantasy epic Dragon Age: Origins. '9/10' from Game Informer.
85 Comments
- czernel, on 01/11/2008, -2/+87This one piece of equipment has done more for expanding mankind's knowledge of the universe than almost any other thing ever created.
- kaelyiesta, on 01/11/2008, -0/+18Your argument doesn't make his invalid. So what if it had some major problems, it still has expanded our knowledge by leaps and bounds beyond what anything else has done for us.
Also, use the reply button when replying to someone. It makes insults against a persons intellect look less hypocritical. - evilcaptain, on 01/11/2008, -3/+1890 times equals 9000% more powerful but that is in relation to the broken HST we sent up in the beginning. These repairs amount to 60% more power than what we have at the moment.
- inactive, on 01/11/2008, -1/+16NASA should start putting trolls in space.
- wulffeld, on 01/11/2008, -0/+13From Wikipedia on Servicing mission 1:
"On January 13, 1994, NASA declared the mission a complete success and showed the first of many much sharper images.[20] The mission had been one of the most complex ever undertaken, involving five lengthy periods of extravehicular activity and its resounding success was an enormous boon for NASA, as well as for the astronomers who now had a fully capable space telescope."
That's hardly 'All'. - vroom101, on 01/11/2008, -5/+18NASA has four space observatories . . .
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- Spitzer Space Telescope
. . . which are called NASA's Great Observatories.
But only one NASA Great Observatory . . .
- is simultaneously The King & The Queen & The Prince & The Princess of any observatory!
- of telescopes past, current, future is the crème de la crème!!
- can rightfully be called the greatest observatory in the history of humankind!!!
- stirs up warm feelings, causes lofty thoughts, excites the visual cortex, and much much more!!!!
. . . and that is Hubble Space Telescope, -- the people's telescope --, the most beloved telescope in the world EVER!!!!!
Links:
1. http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorati ...
( amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/groundup/lesson/basics/g38/index.php )
2. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecon ...
( nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_NASA_Great_Observatories_PS.html ) - strictnein, on 01/11/2008, -0/+8"false science of idiots like Hubble himself, who invented the false Expanding Universe hypothesis,"
Oh... you're one of those. This explains a lot. - naturemade, on 01/11/2008, -0/+8Wow you are a really big fan of the Hubble aren't you? I mean I am a big fan myself haha but damn this line is serious:
". . . and that is Hubble Space Telescope, -- the people's telescope --, the most beloved telescope in the world EVER!!!!!"
The people's telescope? I'm not even sure if you are being sarcastic or not lol - MrIcee, on 01/11/2008, -0/+7RoyLuhza: Well, I for one work for one of the worlds largest astronomical observatories, and before that I worked for NASA. And quite frankly - you are very very very wrong.
Hubble has indeed been a huge success and continues to do so. Even with the unbelievable advances in adaptive optics we are making in ground-based observations - we can still not approach the resolving capabilities that Hubble routinely makes - due to limitations of filtering out atmospheric disturbances. Having space based observatories is a wonderful achievement and the photos returned by Hubble have been inspirational not only to regular non-scientific folks, but to scientists and astronomers as well. I don't know of a single astronomer here in Hawai'i (and we have 12 world class telescopes) who think Hubble was a waste, a joke, or worthless.
I am VERY pleased that they are adding to Hubble and not scrapping it! - gropo, on 01/11/2008, -1/+7Knowledge? Not nearly as much as radio telescope arrays have, from vast galaxy-devoid spanses to the earliest signatures of the big bang. Hubble has certainly captured our imaginations like no other piece of equipment, however.
- stevetrojanman, on 01/11/2008, -1/+7I am so turned on by that telescope right now...
- TheVirus, on 01/11/2008, -1/+7Yeah, except the amount of light recorded by the HST would only show a bright blueish whiteish blur. The imaging instruments are too sensitive for the amount of light the Earth gives off, but I understand what you're saying.
- griz, on 01/11/2008, -0/+5> "for the amount of light the Earth gives off,"
You mean, the amount of light the Earth reflects. But I understand what you're saying. - griz, on 01/11/2008, -0/+5Let me guess...you have been waiting all these years to use the term "Spherical Aberration" in a debate about the HST.
- chris9902, on 01/11/2008, -0/+5yeah it's pretty crazy how much they know thanks to this thing.
- plhearn, on 01/11/2008, -1/+6I don't think the transistor has done as much for expanding mankind's knowledge of the universe
- EatingPie, on 01/11/2008, -1/+5I submitted commentary to Nasa when they were accepting it, since I work in the industry to some extent. The original decision to let it fall was incredibly short-sighted, as Webb was (and is) still many years out. While this mission does put lives at risk -- as does everything in space -- I am hoping and praying for a successful repair to both the telescope and her decaying orbit.
-Pie - reeder, on 01/11/2008, -4/+8Thank the scientific community who banded together to save the Hubble telescope from destruction at the hands of the Bush Administration and their anti-science/anti-intellectual campaign.
- shaka999, on 01/11/2008, -1/+5How do you figure? The headline was misleading. Its not 90x more powerful than today. The article describes this but the headline implies a bigger jump.
- xMedic, on 01/12/2008, -0/+4What if English is his/her 12th language?
- plhearn, on 01/11/2008, -0/+4http://heritage.stsci.edu/gallery/galindex.html
Without the information in these pictures from the hubble telescope we'd know almost nothing about the rest of the universe. - undy242, on 01/11/2008, -0/+3I guess I needed a /sarcasm to that post..
- scthk, on 01/11/2008, -0/+3From the article "The repairs, along with the addition of two new instruments, will make Hubble 90 times as powerful as it was after its flawed optics were corrected in 1993"
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next Great Telescope at NASA. It will be much sharper than Hubble even after this servicing mission. Downside, is it won't be launched into space until 2013.
www.jwst.nasa.gov - EBFoxbat, on 01/12/2008, -0/+3One could (and I would) argue that fire was not created it was harnessed. And how can you possible justify that the transistor hadn't done much to expand mankind's knowledge of the universe?!? Unfathomable! No transistor means no radio telescopes, no computers, no Digg, no shuttle, no highly complex orbital trajectories, no gyroscopic orientation.
When asked this question once in school, my teacher's contribution was 'plastic' also very hard to argue against. - rowlodge, on 01/11/2008, -0/+3it takes some pretty pictures, ill tell that much.
- enicholas, on 01/11/2008, -0/+2I realize (hope?) you're not being serious, but...
1) Even Hubble does not have the resolving power to see a tiny, tiny, tiny landing site a quarter of a million miles away
2) Hubble is designed to look at extremely faint objects. The moon would destroy its instruments.
3) Conspiracy nuts already claim that the entire moon landing -- well-documented by thousands of people, photographs, video, and physical artifacts -- is fake. How is one more picture going to convince them? - TheVirus, on 01/11/2008, -0/+3It is the people's telescope. NASA is kind enough to let non-NASA employees use the telescope, if I recall correctly. They have let various universities and even astronomical societies use it, though I think the waiting list to use it is quite long and requires something more than 'I want to look at the Horsehead Nebula'.
- stoolpigeon, on 01/11/2008, -0/+3the whole thing is on hold. i can't figure out why this isn't getting more press. the december atlantis launch has been pushed to february because of the fuel sensor problems. they still want to get the space station modules up and in place - i assume because nothing else is going to be capable of loads that size for some time.
that means hubble is on hold. eol for shuttle and hubble are 2010 if i remember right. so a couple more problems with 3 month or so delays and that upgrade may never come. - carl25, on 01/11/2008, -2/+5but can it see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch ?
- strictnein, on 01/11/2008, -0/+3Not quite.
They've actually kind of gone back as far as they can already. Light (electromagnetic radiation) first came about at roughly 380,000 years after the big bang. Before that electromagnetic radiation and the nuclear weak and strong force were actually kind of one type of energy.
Info on the satellite that found that out:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/ ... - digitalarcanum, on 01/11/2008, -0/+2obligatory >9000 statement.
- vroom101, on 01/12/2008, -0/+2@naturemade i'm serious, no sarcasm. One big unspoken reason why Hubble S.T. is so popular is because it naturally sees in the visible light range -- just like we human beings -- and we can directly relate to that.
- n88n, on 01/11/2008, -2/+4my desktop just got a hard on!
- zeejay, on 01/11/2008, -1/+3I think it was you that failed to read the article. The headline says 90X *after* the flawed optics were corrected. The article says 60%.
- vpshockwave, on 01/11/2008, -0/+2Can't wait to see this thing whip out an ultra deep field. Should be purely amazing.
- 28dayslater, on 01/11/2008, -3/+5With comments like these it's hard to imagine that our species was capable of creating such technological wonders.
- notadiggtard, on 01/11/2008, -1/+3Oh please,DO tell us about the Real Science.We're keen to know!
ASS - ausfahrt, on 01/11/2008, -0/+2Although EBFoxbat's comment was lame cause we could sit here and say fire wins over all (which i did how lame of me) , but i think he meant that no hubble without the transistor which is valid.
- frepnog, on 01/11/2008, -1/+3call me when we can point that ***** at the moon and get photos of the crap that the apollo crews left behind so that we can shut up the conspiracy nuts once and for all, please.
- TheVirus, on 01/11/2008, -0/+2You win this time....
- ledwyn, on 01/11/2008, -0/+1I was going to make a joke like:
"WMDs and CIA tapes are outside of Hubble's focus" but I didn't think anyone would get the double meaning.
You prove at least one reader might have. - klparrot, on 01/12/2008, -1/+2It was nice to read the following bit. Gives me hope for society yet that there are still people who care this much about science and advancing our understanding of the universe we live in.
John Grunsfeld, NASA's lead spacewalking astronaut for the servicing mission:
"I still believe that Hubble science and the Hubble programme is still something worth risking my life [for], and I know I have six other crew members who believe that as well." - tanasinn, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1".. there are no objects in the entire observable universe that do exhibit blue shift .."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueshift - inactive, on 01/16/2008, -0/+1If it's not able to resolve terrestrial sized planets around stars like the terrestrial planet finder was I don't care in the least. All it is if it can't do that is looking at the same boring stuff we've been looking at for the past 10-20 years. If there is or is not other life in the universe is the most fundamental question that can be answered by astronomy...not weather this or that black hole is REALLY 10 billion solar masses or 10.93948394834938498349 billion solar masses....pfft.
- vroom101, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1read "dear diary..." by vroom101 (1/3/2008):
http://digg.com/travel_places/The_Overpoweringly_G ... ... - joper90, on 01/11/2008, -0/+1im glad.. this thing made me wonder about what we are and where we are then anything else.. its mindblowing what this thing has opened up to the world..
- JEAH, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1yea, but I would say that the human mind beats everything else. I'm right, I win... bam.
- TxAggie08, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1True story. One of the profs here at A&M worked on Apollo. Don't ask him if we landed on the moon, he'll go Chuck Norris on you.
- inactive, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1tanasinn …When the light from a distant galaxy is passed thru a spectrometer it’s light will have a certain redshift, thus the absorption lines from Sulphur for instance will be shifted toward the red end of the spectrum in proportion to it’s linear distance. It is the universe’s distance scale.
Blue shift is observable in the discs of rotating galaxies, thus the light from a distant galaxy will exhibit mean redshift in proportion to its distance, expanding the image further, the parts coming toward us will be slightly blue shifted away from the mean, similarly as rotation takes objects away their light will be shifted so slightly even further toward the red part of the spectrum.
My line re no objects etc… the galaxies and blobs of light from even more distant galaxies and quasars viewed on deep field images are all red shifted, a class of object called a BL Lacerta object has no redshift and remains a pinprick of light on even the deepest fields, is thought to be a tunnel shot of the energy beam from the active nucleus of a quasar.
The point I want to make is that you don’t look at deep field images and see any that are coming toward you, they are all going away. Hubble and the tribe of chimpanzees who cackle on about the age of the universe expressed as a percentage of it’s present age, reckon this is because the universe is expanding after the explosion of a primal atom that could only have been located right where good ol’ Earth is today, the Big Bang hypothesis.
They are idiots and stretcher case retards, whose impetus is the dumbing down of America.
…So they sent the HST into orbit with an incorrectly ground primary mirror… Like hundreds of B’s of D’s were invested in building, storing and testing the HST prior to launch, and nobody had checked to see if the primary mirror was going to work. Where did the money go, the spammers on this site are widely supposed to have Semitic origins, they will tell you until you vomit about what a great asset and what a grand piece of hardware it is, it is not, it is a piece of junk. Did they get the HST money as well as the trillions they stole from the Pentagon revealed September 10 2001. - duggtodeath, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1Can it see why kids go crazy over the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?
-
Show 51 - 85 of 85 discussions
Catch all of your favorite Digg shows in one place, including Digg Dialogg, Diggnation, The Digg Reel and More!
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is