Re: OT ON TONIGHT -- Meteors: Fire in the Sky
- From: "Learning Richard" <learningrichDOTDOTDOT@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 22:07:10 -0400
On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:19:50 +0000, Scott in Florida spake:
> On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:56:34 -0400, ma_twain <ma_twain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>Scott in Florida wrote:
>>
>>> On 03 Oct 2005 02:42:12 GMT, "badgolferman"
>>> <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Learning Richard, 10/2/2005,7:44:21 PM, wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Wanna see a good metaphor for what's happening to Republicans right
>>>>>now? hehehe...
>>>>>
>>>>>Catch the History Channel at 8 PM.
>>>>>
>>>>It looks more like a historical description of what has been happening
>>>>to the Democrats for years.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> and they keep it up.
>>>
>>> fascinating program...thanks Richard.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>I love the History and Discovery Channels. I learned the Hubble mirror
>>was off in space because of the zero gravity. They said the mirror was
>>designed and ground to such absolute tight specs that it flexed
>>differently in zero gravity. This was the engineering disasters show.
>>
>>
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> I agree.
>
> I thought they fu*ked up the Hubble by not actually testing all the
> components on the ground prior to launch....and had to take a corrective
> lens up on the Shuttle..
>
> quote
>
> The initial failure of the Hubble Space Telescope is an example of
> problems caused by relying on computer simulations.
And problems caused by lifer government computer programmers.
In 1990, when the
> orbiting telescope sent its first photographs back to Earth, the images
> were unexpectedly fuzzy and out of focus. NASA determined that the
> problem was the result of a human error made years before the launch:
> the telescope's mirror had been ground into the wrong shape. The mirror,
> tested prior to launch like the telescope's other separate components,
> functioned properly on its own. However, the manufacturers did not
> actually test the mirror in conjunction with the other components. The
> manufacturers relied on computer simulations to determine that the
> separate components would work together. The simulation didn't take into
> account the possibility of a misshapen mirror.
Sounds like multivariate bullshit to me.
> http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3797/is_199810/ai_n8814801
>
> The shuttle mission to fix the fu*k up was STS 58
>
> EVA #4 performed on flight day seven by Thornton and Akers. High-Speed
> Photometer, one of Hubble scientific instruments, removed and replaced
> with Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) unit.
> Task took less time to complete than expected. COSTAR designed to
> redirect light to three of four remaining Hubble instruments to
> compensate for flaw in primary mirror of telescope. Thornton and Akers
> also installed co-processor to enhance memory and speed of Hubble
> computer.
>
> http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/chron/sts-61.htm
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