From: J Corbally (icorb@indigo.ie)
Date: Wed Jun 05 2002 - 16:35:34 MDT
And now for something completely different;
>Hubble gets infrared vision back
>The orbiting observatory had been blind at infrared wavelengths since 1999
>when Nicmos, or the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer,
>ran out of coolant.
>It is fantastic that we have restored Hubble's infrared eyesight
>Dr Rodger Thompson
>However, in March astronauts refurbished Hubble and installed an advanced
>cooling system that will keep the key instrument operating indefinitely
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2027000/2027342.stm
We now return you to the previous scheduled Rand-bashing.
James....
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and
crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures
to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid."
-Q, Star Trek:TNG episode 'Q Who'
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