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.

Last edited by Yan on May-24-2004 at 00:08

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

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

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

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

i do

It's an amazing picture, thanks for sharing.

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

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

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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.

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Originally posted by UWM Or 25 years ago.

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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..