Hubble sees magnetic monster in active galaxy.

[Notebook]

http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=43284

Hubble still working hard.

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[YL3GDY]

Yeah, but it's sad to think that after 2010 old good HST would work only several years

 

[Urwumpe]

Instead we get the JWST. or Darwin. Can't think that this is bad. Technology progresses. Once, the Ju-52 was the cornerstone of European aviation. Today, it is just a sentimental memory.

 

[Notebook]

The Ju52, an aircraft I would hope to see in the UK, and hopefully the next demonstration anywhere!

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[Urwumpe]

The Ju52, an aircraft I would hope to see in the UK, and hopefully the next demonstration anywhere!

The Lufthansa Ju-52's had been quite often in the UK...

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/type.php?p=490

During the 70th birthsday of my hometown, Wolfsburg, they had done some flights over it in a Ju-52, i wish I had taken some photos, had a good view at the low flying Ju-52 one day.

 

[Notebook]

Lovely aircraft, when I say I don't see enough of it; I mean, I don't see enough of it!!


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[Whatu]

Whats gonna happen to HST when it ends it life-time? Sunk in the atmosphere? ..

the JWST looks very cool... hope we have an addon for that before it reaches orbit.

 

[Urwumpe]

Whats gonna happen to HST when it ends it life-time? Sunk in the atmosphere? ..

the JWST looks very cool... hope we have an addon for that before it reaches orbit.

Yes, it will get deorbited by a propulsion system, which will dock to it. A uncontrolled reentry would be too risky for such a huge object - many large parts of the HST will reach ground.

 

[Hartmann]

With a container protected with thermal tiles and a parachute you can save the telescope and put it in a musseum.:lol:

 

[Andy44]

With a container protected with thermal tiles and a parachute you can save the telescope and put it in a musseum.:lol:

Yes, we have one of those, except it uses wings, not a parachute. Unfortunately, it's called a "space shuttle" and will be retired before HST reaches the end of its lifetime.

Besides, there are better scopes on the way, as Urwumpe pointed out. And with the new adaptive optics, visible light telescopes on the ground can match HST, leaving space for the other wavelengths.

 

[John_L]

Yeah, but it's sad to think that after 2010 old good HST would work only several years

I think you're looking at the glass as 1/2 empty. By 2010, we'll have had nearly 20 years of service from Hubble. An amazing accomplishment.