Sara_Paris 0 Posted January 28, 2009 WASHINGTON -- NASA is giving everyone the opportunity to use the world's most celebrated telescope to explore the heavens and boldly look where the Hubble Space Telescope has never looked before. NASA is inviting the public to vote for one of six candidate astronomical objects for Hubble to observe in honor of the International Year of Astronomy. The options, which Hubble has not previously photographed, range from far-flung galaxies to dying stars. Votes can be cast until March 1. Hubble's camera will make a high resolution image revealing new details about the object that receives the most votes. The image will be released during the International Year of Astronomy's "100 Hours of Astronomy" from April 2 to 5. Space enthusiasts can cast their vote at: Vote Everyone who votes also will be entered into a random drawing to receive one of 100 copies of the Hubble photograph made of the winning celestial body. NASA also invites teachers and students to participate in an accompanying Hubble Space Telescope classroom collage activity that integrates art, science and language arts. Students in participating classes will select their favorite Hubble images and assemble them in a collage. Students in each class also will choose their favorite object from the image voting contest and write essays about why they made their selections. The Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, was designed so that it can be repaired in space by astronauts. The next servicing mission to the telescope is targeted to launch on space shuttle Atlantis May 12, 2009. Mission objectives include extending Hubble's operational life by five years, repairing its out-of-commission instruments and enhancing its scientific power. To do so, astronauts will replace gyroscopes and batteries on the telescope, repair the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and the Advanced Camera for Surveys and install two new instruments -- the Wide Field Camera 3 and the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph. :P I think this is awsome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vgrbabe 1 Posted February 17, 2009 thats realy cool! I think space exploration is realy important Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sara_Paris 0 Posted February 17, 2009 I agree! I think it's part of the human condition to want to explore and learn about space. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vgrbabe 1 Posted February 17, 2009 plus we're trekkies so naturaly we're interested in space :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted February 17, 2009 I want them to point it at one or all of the six moon landing sites and prove to the conspiracy fringe that we really did land on the moon between 1969 and 1972. I'd be very curious to see how well the sites have held up all these years as I've read that it's possible that some fuel in the tanks of the descent stages could possibly have exploded after years in the harsh temps going from one extreme to the other over and over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sara_Paris 0 Posted February 17, 2009 Well that certainly would be a good place to start wouldn't it. Disprove those theories once and for all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vgrbabe 1 Posted February 17, 2009 I can't believe people think the moon landing was a hoax Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sara_Paris 0 Posted February 18, 2009 So many people do though. I can't believe there are people who think The Holocaust was a hoax. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted February 18, 2009 I can't believe people think Elvis is dead... err... I mean... I agree with both of you lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mj 7 Posted March 3, 2009 People believe the moon landing is a hoax in part because they themselves can't fathom the level of dedication and hard work that existed in this society at that time. I currently work with students that I have to prod to study. They do not enjoy learning....they just want grades and a degree, and a job. They strangely do not connect learning to preparation for a future professional life as a citizen with responsibilities to be informed within a democracy. They often take shortcuts themselves. So to many of them it is easier to fake a moon landing than carry it out. So they believe people did what they would have done --faked it. Somehow we have failed to pass along the valuable and necessary belief in the value and rewards of hard work. We have a growing culture of 'what is the least I have to do to get by', and that will never lead us to a future as successful as the era of the moon exploration. I would also like to see what has happened to the old sites of the first moon landings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sara_Paris 0 Posted March 5, 2009 Well said indeed. Unfortunately we’re a society who lusts after instant gratification and getting something for nothing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wishfire 2 Posted March 5, 2009 I'd rather work for what I want. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites