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Hubble has a problem. NASA says that one of the cameras on the almost 30-year-old space telescope – the Wide Field Camera 3 – is no longer operational because of a hardware problem.
"WFC3 is the major imaging instrument on HST [Hubble Space Telescope]. It is, frankly, the best view of the heavens that humanity has," Simon Porter, an astrophysicist at the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado, wrote on Twitter. "But apparently some bloody fence is more important."
Although the Hubble Space Telescope has been observing the sky since 1990, the WFC3 was added just 10 years ago during a service mission. Over the last decade it has captured spectacular images, including a high-resolution version of the iconic 'Pillars of Creation' – a gas cloud inside the Eagle Nebula that was first imaged by Hubble back in 1995.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Phoenix666 on Friday January 11 2019, @05:22PM (3 children)
That doesn't make any sense, based on the facts. Trump has faced North Korea down (at least for the moment). That should comfort you. Trump is bringing American soldiers home from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, which should comfort you. Trump has been ripping up trade agreements that have been killing American workers. That should comfort you. Trump has created lower unemployment for black and Latino workers than the last four presidents combined. That should comfort you. Thanks to the disruption Trump has brought to the status quo, long, long overdue wrongs like #metoo have been exposed. That should comfort you.
But "he scares you." Why? Because CNN and other mouthpieces for the status quo want you to be? He's more sleazy than a predecessor who got blowjobs from interns in the Oval Office? Really? You do know that a great many of those people calling Trump sleazy are the very ones who perpetrated or covered up #metoo for decades, right?
Honestly, step back, take a breath, turn off the MSM, and take a good long vacation.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday January 11 2019, @08:23PM (1 child)
Trump has faced North Korea down
If by "faced down" you mean "made more legitimate and increased nuke development capability" then sure...
North Korea has increased nuclear production at secret sites, say U.S. officials [nbcnews.com] But hey, it's just the security assessment of the CIA and NSA, fake new amiright!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 11 2019, @09:59PM
Not to mention the fact that nothing came out of that "summit" for the US other than intentions, and all the US needed to do was to give up their troops in S. Korea.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 11 2019, @10:14PM
I thought this was a sarcastic quote, but then I really started to see that it wasn't. I disagree with many of your posts, but I guess I never really knew how ignorant you are of basic facts. Let's look at the data [stlouisfed.org] for a moment. You tell me where on that plot this supposed "Trump effect" starts. Fit a rough curve by eye to the data starting about 2011 and are you seriously claiming that Trump is the reason the curve keeps declining? About the only thing you can say is that he apparently didn't do anything to fuck up the trend. And what do you mean "last four presidents combined"? Are we supposed to add up the unemployment rates of the last four presidents?
I might be confusing you with someone else, but I seem to recall you making statements about having a physics or other technical background. If you do, and you are not currently in that profession, my guess is that it has a LOT to do with your lack of data analytic skills and graph comprehension skills. "Take a breath, turn off the MSM"?? It really sounds like you need to turn ON some kind of informative source. Here's a hint: it ain't anything to do with the words that come out of the President's mouth.