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Happy Birthday Hubble
By Josh Witten | April 24th 2009 12:00 AM | 3 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments
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The Hubble Space Telescope turned 19 today.  On this date in 1990, Hubble was launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31).
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I guess at 19 we can stop making fun of it.    There was a pretty period of time when 'Hubble' and 'Mir' were interchangeable in jokes.    Luckily, JPL got even siller later and started interchangeably using 'standard' and 'metric' calculations without telling each other.   Hilarity ensued.  

Happy birthday, big guy.  You ended up doing okay.

Hank Campbell | 04/24/09 | 10:01 AM
Stephanie Pulford's picture
Just two more years until Hubble can legally drink.  Watch out, space frat parties.

Stephanie Pulford | 04/24/09 | 12:03 PM
jtwitten's picture
I hear the space shuttle (28) let's Hubble use its ID whenever it visits.

Josh Witten | 04/24/09 | 13:44 PM

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