Comments on: Hubble Repair Poses Daunting Challenge

Atlantis Astronauts Installing New Gyroscopes, Batteries During 2nd Spacewalk

[iDragon13]

Can anybody see this post? Please respond.

[rrozsa]

For an interesting justification and need for the space program I direct you to this essay: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1325
Posted by obicera1 at 11:10 AM : May 15, 2009

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That was fascinating! Thanks for sharing.

[rrozsa]

Amazing, the narrow minded tards that always post on these boards. Accountability is not always a good thing, and you can always count on people to voice a totally stupid opinion here.
Posted by Carvin82604 at 11:50 AM : May 15, 2009

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I'm just amazed that we haven't seen the discussion turn to a great big left-wing vs. right-wing, gun control argument. All the trolls must have left early for the weekend for a change. Whew!

[obicera1]

For an interesting justification and need for the space program I direct you to this essay: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1325

[davewrite1]

These Hubble pages reveal the extremes of human understanding and stupidity. What is apparent from reader comments is the abysmal quality of parenting and education that cripples the mind of so many -- even in the modern world!.

Ever since early man stepped from his cave and looked up with awe at the dense canopy of night stars, he longed to understand more about the world in which he found himself. As he had so little knowlege his life was brief and brutal.

Owing to the Space Program humankind has added immeasurably to our understanding of the universe and our ability to make life more liveable for millions of citizens. Even the military depends on the knowledge garnered about rockets, robotics, propellents, telephony, exotic materials, and aviation to name a few. Countless lives have been saved by the advances in medicine and biology that space research has made possible. Just the Global Positioning System (GPS) has facilitated inestimable advances in geology, cartography, surveillance, navigation, and on and on.

How thin our text books would be and how empty our brains were it not for the curiosity, inventiveness, entrepreneurialism, and brave pioneering spirt of those in the space program.

[fedup12]

Amazing all the benefits we've gained from space programs. And you're complaining about 132 mil when we're spending billions to destroy and rebuild other countries?
Posted by displeased at 8:42 AM : May 15, 2009

Right on!!!

[displeased]

So we can see stars way, way out there in space- SO WHAT? What does that gain us? Any cures for cancer out there? Any new drugs or devices that can eliminate pain, suffering, poverty, murder, natural disasters? What? You mean all that money that's been spent on the space program has given us- cell phones? Oh, that was a GOOD investment!
Posted by bornin1952

One of the many spinoffs from the Hubble telescope is the use of its Charge Coupled Device (CCD) chips for digital imaging breast biopsies. The device captures images of breast tissue more clearly and efficiently than other existing technologies. The CCD chips are so advanced that they can detect minute differences between a malignant or benign tumor without the need for a surgical biopsy. This saves the patient weeks of recovery time and the cost for this procedure is hundreds of dollars vs. thousands for a surgical biopsy. That's just one example. I could list many more technologies that were developed as a result of space research, including fabrics, materials, electronics, and medicinal, from items such as bar codes and smoke detectors to implantable heart pumps, but you should take the time to read about it yourself.

[displeased]

$132 million Wide Field Camera "

Amazing the frivolous waste of money of that magnatude while people lose their homes, jobs and more...
Posted by Newster1

Amazing all the benefits we've gained from space programs. And you're complaining about 132 mil when we're spending billions to destroy and rebuild other countries?

[jimofoz]

To me, this is the stuff dreams are made of. The USofA has stumbled and fumbled and squanders a lot, but occasionally we do something like this. I feel sorry for those who can't see the magnificence in something like this.

We've got a group of folks traveling 100s of miles in space working on a satellite that allows us to look millions of years in the past and millions of years into the future.

The fact that today's cell phones are the size of matchbooks and it contains a laptop is only one of the wonders that have spun off from space exploration. Let your minds soar and see what's possible.

[lehnahund]

This telescope is a waste of money. I mean its up in space and we havent got any pictures of heaven from it yet.
Posted by mrs_trepidatious at 5:50 AM : May 15, 2009

That type of heaven is existing just in your head. And there it will remain.