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Title: Hubble's 20 Years: Time for 20/20 Vision
Post by: sam on April 16, 2010, 00:47

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"And we have liftoff, liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavor, on an ambitious mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope"

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/04/15/hubbles-20-years-time-for-2020-vision/

Title: Re: Hubble's 20 Years: Time for 20/20 Vision
Post by: Clive on April 16, 2010, 09:43

Gosh, that takes me back a bit!  I'd forgotten all about COSTAR. And that wonderful galaxy picture transformation!  Memory lane.   8-)

Title: Re: Hubble's 20 Years: Time for 20/20 Vision
Post by: sam on April 16, 2010, 14:27

haha.

I remember doing a ray tracing lab about this as an undergraduate probably well over a decade after the fix.