# The Hubble telescope. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 17, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hubble-telescope/54916 "2001-02-17T22:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hubble-telescope/54916/1 "2001-02-17T22:17:59Z")
I was watching a story about the telescope on tv the other night (I love that stuff), and they talked about how tight time sharing is on it. Beautiful pictures, btw. I think that it;s about time we sent up a new one. We’ve learned a lot about how to best construct and deploy one and there’s a lot to look at out there. Earth crossing asteroids, for example. 😃 Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hubble-telescope/54916/2 "2001-02-18T00:55:41Z")
[http://www.ngst.stsci.edu/](http://www.ngst.stsci.edu/) Agreed, though, the Hubble has been one of the best things to come along for astronomy! Great science, and great source of desktop wallpaper pictures, too 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Philbuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@Philbuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philbuck)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hubble-telescope/54916/3 "2001-02-18T02:49:19Z")
Of course, not being built for optical astronomy, the NGST won’t be providing us with nearly the same level of pretty pictures. The science results, though, should be as good or better… ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hubble-telescope/54916/4 "2001-02-18T05:01:48Z")
Boo hoo. I want _pictures_. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hubble-telescope/54916/5 "2001-02-18T07:54:55Z")
C’mon - don’t you people watch Fox? Everyone knows the Hubble was a hoax like the moon landing. All this “science” come from two guys named Larry sitting in a room with a paint set. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hubble-telescope/54916/6 "2001-02-19T01:29:02Z")
When I was in college, I got to take a tour of the Sunnyvale Lockheed factility, and we got to see the HST in storage in their big cleanroom. It was a most impressive sight. The thing stood on end, and was big as a boxcar. I remember it struck me how _big_ the thing was. Big as a damned boxcar… Then a clumsy technician accidentally tore some of the foil covering. As the foil slowly ripped and fell away, we could see lettering: S-O-U-T-H-E-R… and below that, P-A-C-I-F… The tourguide rushed us out of the observation chamber and into a small conference room. There, someone screamed about seeing puffs of gas from the ventilation ducts. The next thing I know, I’m waking up in a Tijuana brothel with a blinding headache, no wallet and no shoes. When I made my way back to Sunnyvale, _Sunnyvale was gone_. It was just a huge fucking parking for San Jose. The cops said it had always been that way. Hmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hubble-telescope/54916/7 "2001-02-19T01:30:37Z")
> [@](#): > > It was just a huge fucking parking for San Jose. Parking LOT.