Hubble Telescope Hobbled February 1, 2007
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This is a real shame. The main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope has shut down due to an electrical failure.
US space agency experts have said that only a third of the camera’s capabilities can be restored. A new camera for the giant orbiting telescope is not due to be fitted until 2008, when the space shuttle pays it a visit.
It seems third time unlucky then since there have been two other technical hitches since last year. There are other Hubble instruments that astronomers can use, like the Field Planetary Camera-2 and the Near Infrared Camera Multi-Object Spectrograph – but the failure of the primary camera is a real loss.
To see some more amazing space photographs captured by the main camera, jump now.-Martin Lynch
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Countdown until George W uses this as an excuse to ditch Hubble into the ocean to save money for his ridiculous Mars dream... 5... 4... 3...
i was wondering if it was possible to get posters of some of these hubble pictures
Hey Crunchymush,
What in god's name does the president have to do with space funding. Funding comes from congress, currently democrats.
Idiot!
please tell us what that last photo is of, its so unusual and you can imagine alot of things there. awesome. are there posters of these?
not to be redundent but i didnt see an answer sent to the person who asked before me.
so I read on the official Hubble website that you can purchase yourself a copy of their photos. I do believe the smallest and cheapest one was a 5x7 of a cluster of stars and it was about $100.00 USD.
It only climbs in price exponentially from that point. So, if you want to purchase a real photo copy of the hubble snapshots and if you want poster sizes from NASA itself then get out your debit card or credit card.