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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Science A Brief Moment of Wonder

Posted by Jonathan Golob on Wed, May 20, 2009 at 5:05 PM

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From orbit: Just finished a ship to ship call with the crew of the International Space Station, 2 space ship crew talking to each other

From Astro_Mike on twitter (indeed from orbit).

(And from Peter F:) So long Hubble....

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Here's a cool 7 min video of Atlantis releasing Hubble back into the wild:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2GH5rYf2…

Posted by Peter F on May 20, 2009 at 5:08 PM

that shit is just mind blowing.....damn

thanks

Posted by Andy_Squirrel on May 20, 2009 at 5:30 PM

"Alienz, you guys!"

Posted by pissy mcslogbot on May 20, 2009 at 5:42 PM

That's a pretty old pic of ISS. It's even more impressive looking now, with all four solar panel units in place at the ends of the main truss.

Posted by gfish

on May 20, 2009 at 5:49 PM

for a real thrill, go to NASA TV. I'm glued.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/in…

Posted by VelhoSorriso on May 20, 2009 at 6:09 PM

Those astronauts look like a bunch of guys from the fairway at Myrtle Beach.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on May 20, 2009 at 6:24 PM

No doubt every single one of them has taken a small close glimpse of the infinite universal work of art by our Creator.

Posted by Loveschild

on May 20, 2009 at 6:37 PM

They also had the guys at the space station open the Eurovision voting.

Posted by Abby on May 20, 2009 at 7:11 PM

Such wonder makes me know there is no such thing as God! Only the universe could produce such amazing sights!! The man created god-thing in the sky can only send his son on a suicide mission.

Too bad we are pretty much bailing on our manned space program. We'll regret it in a generation or two.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on May 20, 2009 at 7:35 PM

Sorry, to disappoint you Loveschild, but after nearly 50 years of being in space, no astronaut or cosmonaut (or taikonaut for that matter) has ever reported seeing an old guy in a bathrobe floating around out there.

Posted by COMTE

on May 20, 2009 at 8:47 PM

@10: Duh. The Dude lives in the City of Angels.

Posted by Greg on May 20, 2009 at 10:03 PM

Just think of how insignificant all the bullshit going down on earth seems from up there... Actually I feel like that when Im in a plane or on the top of a mountain. Maybe I'll go do that now.

Posted by JesseJB on May 20, 2009 at 10:19 PM

WTF why don't we have interstellar travel capabilities yet??? I WANNA GO TO STARFLEET ACADEMY DAMMIT!!!

Posted by matt! on May 21, 2009 at 1:27 AM

FTV:
baseball cap properly folded? CHECK!
sunglasses deployed? CHECK!
collar popped? CHECK!

Casio watch beeping signaling the release? CHECK!

lol, just funnin' wid doze guyais.

Posted by mmbb_c on May 21, 2009 at 7:19 AM