10/13/2010 Science Museum Hubble
It makes me lugubrious (good word) that the Hubble is going to be de-orbited into the ocean! I realize it's prohibitively expensive to bring it down in a space shuttle, but that doesn't mitigate my disappointment that one of man's greatest scientific achievements is going to be condemned to a watery grave. However, the scale model on display in the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti is the next best thing. I find it humorous that there's a 1 in 700 chance of human fatality if the Hubble experiences an uncontrolled re-entry. My favorite Hubble image is the captivating "Pillars of Creation" which shows part of the Eagle Nebula.
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