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Posted by Yan on May-23-2004 09:01:

Stunning Astronomy Picture of the Day

I just HAD to post this...

High above planet Earth, a human helps an ailing machine. The machine, in this potentially touching story, is the Hubble Space Telescope, which is not in the picture. The human is Astronaut Steven L. Smith, and he is seen above retrieving a power tool from the handrail of the Remote Manipulator System before resuming work on HST in 1999 December. For most astronauts, space is not a place for relaxation and vacation, but rather a place for hard work. Since many space missions involve costly equipment and complicated experiments, astronauts are usually people of considerable knowledge and training. Although the hours may be long and work may be taxing, one frequently reported perk of working in space is the spectacular view.

Posted by Plastick on May-23-2004 10:01:

Sorry, i dont know much about astronomy. But what's that astroboy doing?

Posted by Ian on May-23-2004 10:27:

ok i need to wake up, I thought it said 'gastronomy' and was ready to see purple fried eggs or something

Posted by {b.s.e.} on May-23-2004 10:44:

i don't think that's very impressive...

Posted by Zureal on May-23-2004 12:00:

quote:
Originally posted by {b.s.e.}
i don't think that's very impressive...

i do

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on May-23-2004 16:34:

It's an amazing picture, thanks for sharing.

Posted by xtr3m on May-23-2004 16:37:

It looks like he's mixing on some sort of a CD player.

Posted by Trancer85 on May-23-2004 18:41:

technological advantage we wouldnt have seen a 100 years ago.
quite an age we're living in!

Posted by UWM on May-23-2004 18:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Trancer85
technological advantage we wouldnt have seen a 100 years ago.
quite an age we're living in!

Or 25 years ago.

Posted by Trancer85 on May-23-2004 18:50:

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
Or 25 years ago.

word

Posted by atlearmeen on May-23-2004 20:47:

Posted by Ripped Bag on May-23-2004 20:50:

Very cool picture. Now if only they could get all the naughts out there and have them take a group picture in front of the earth and moon..

Some blooper shots would be nice..

Posted by CityKitty on May-23-2004 21:13:

In the universe, (as our current knowledge tells us) there are about 200 billion galaxies, each containing about 200 billion stars-and that's only about 4 percent of the entire matter of the universe. The rest has yet to be proven or seen-it has been theorized to consist of an invisible halo of dark matter and dark energy; massive particles that have the ability to pass through normal matter and are acting as an anti-gravitational force which is pulling the matter of the universe outward and causing it to accelerate rather than slow down.

Prior to this theory, it was believed the momentum of the big bang would decrease over time, and everything in space would eventually slow down until it just stopped, at which point all the stars would eventually burn out and the universe would experience a "deep freeze." The other proposed theory is that the universe will continue outwards, slow down, and then get pulled back by gravity to it's massive origin in what's known as the "big crunch." However, now scientists believe there might be a new possibility; dark matter and ebergy will continue to pull matter farther outward until there will no longer be any visible stars from earth-everything will have moved too far away, and we will truly be "alone.".

um, yeah, I'm into astronomy. Just a little bit.

Posted by EriK_V on May-23-2004 23:49:

awesome picture. the light looks so pure on the suit.

Posted by Yan on May-24-2004 00:07:

First post updated with information of the picture.

Posted by occrider on May-24-2004 06:05:

quote:
Originally posted by CityKitty
However, now scientists believe there might be a new possibility; dark matter and ebergy will continue to pull matter farther outward until there will no longer be any visible stars from earth-everything will have moved too far away, and we will truly be "alone.".

um, yeah, I'm into astronomy. Just a little bit.

I don't know if you've been following the latest astronomy news, but this theory just got an added boost thanks to the Chandra Space Telescope:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/...ergy/index.html

Posted by astroboy on May-26-2004 23:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Plastick
Sorry, i dont know much about astronomy. But what's that astroboy doing?

meh?

Posted by smokeape on May-26-2004 23:47:

Re: Stunning Astronomy Picture of the Day

quote:
Originally posted by Yan
I just HAD to post this...

That's your explanation. I think he's trying to stick somethin in his pelvic area.

[[[smoke]]]

Posted by meneedit on May-27-2004 03:56:

pfft, that is so fake you can see the strings

Posted by TAnt on May-27-2004 03:58:

Astronomy is totally awesome!

Posted by Turbonium on May-27-2004 03:59:

quote:
Originally posted by CityKitty
dark matter and ebergy will continue to pull matter farther outward until there will no longer be any visible stars from earth-everything will have moved too far away, and we will truly be "alone.".

Yea, well by then, we can pull the stuff back with strings and stuff.

Posted by Sirocco on May-27-2004 06:55:

quote:
Originally posted by meneedit
pfft, that is so fake you can see the strings

look at the url of the pic jeen-knee-uz

Posted by jwear2004 on May-27-2004 07:44:

quote:
Originally posted by meneedit
pfft, that is so fake you can see the strings

even (especially?) in space you don't exactly want to float away

Posted by Yan on May-31-2004 07:44:

Yet another crazy pic...

Posted by Streakfury on May-31-2004 11:24:

I'd love to pull a moonie to the whole world from space. Probably not gonna happen though...

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