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Old 11-08-2008, 11:48 AM
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Hubble clocks up 100,000......

.....orbits, that is. Today at 7:42am New York time. That's about 5 billion km. Keep on truckin'!

(Thanks to Dave Renke's newsletter)
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Old 11-08-2008, 04:36 PM
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It must be a very frustrated satellite... just goin' 'round and 'round in circles. Bit like work some days...
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Old 11-08-2008, 06:54 PM
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An awesome record.
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Old 11-08-2008, 09:33 PM
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5b km and its still not required a change of tyres.. Wish my car could do that.
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Old 11-08-2008, 10:07 PM
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Congrats to Hubble, one of the great achievements of the 20th century and still going strong.

And so many wonderful images as well.
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