We returned home from an extremely enjoyable weekend with our son and his wife in Maryland. We were able to tour both the Goddard Space Flight Center and the US Naval Academy, and the Goddard tour was by far the best. One of the most interesting things I learned there was that the Hubble telescope's camera is only 16 megapixels. IMO, if 16 is good enough for NASA, then 6 is enough for me :-). They will be updating both the software and camera in 2007, but nothing definite about the new camera yet. Also, future Hubble updates will be done remotely from Goddard instead of sending astronauts to do the work.
Bill
