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Just Seen It
Hi all,
I've just come from a preview session, thanks to my teacher wife!
WOW!!!
The fick gives a run down on the working life history of this telescope, from its on-Earth completion, through its various upgrades and repairs, to its present configuration and performance.
Seeing a shuttle launch in 3D, from the vantage points granted to Imax is extraordinary. One scene shows the tremendous thrust of the shuttle's own engines as they throttle up at lift-off, trying their best to rip the 'flying brick' off the back of the external tank! Oh, did I mention it's LOUD!
The documentary contains a lot of the technicalities involved with the scope's maintanence. For all the practice the astronauts do preflight, there is still a place for the good old "Don't Argue" bit of muscle.
Needless to say the imagery form Hubble is amazing.
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