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In article <3313@kalliope.rice.edu>, phil@rice.edu (William LeFebvre) writes:
> [ Excuse the cross-posting, please. ]
> 
> Here's something I found out yesterday.  Currently, the Hubble Space
> Telescope is being stored in California.  Everyone knows that it is going
> to be launched (some day) on a shuttle from the Cape (Florida east coast).
> But apparently, the only safe way to transport it is by boat.  Which means
> it will almost certainly have to go thru the Panama canal.........Let's
> hope things improve down that way in the next year.    Sigh.
> 


For the (hopefully) last time, guys - 

 HST will arrive in Florida shortly before launch, transport is via modified
C-5A, courtesy U.S. Air Force (wonder why they need a C-5A to transport HST
sized/shaped cargo ;-) )


 yes, HST will occasionally look at the Earth, Moon, Sun (through the
"back-door" for UV Flood on the WFPC). No, the sensors won't burn out.
No, it won't focus that 'close' either (but the defocus/deblurring
algorithms are known :-) ).

'nuff said?
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    Jim Sims      Space Telescope Science Institute      Baltimore, MD
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