Site of the Day for Tuesday, July 17, 2001 Exploratorium Hubble: A View to the Edge of Space "Scientists first imagined putting a telescope in space in the 1920s. Hubble, launched into orbit in 1989, is the fruit of many years of experimentation and a whole lot of painstaking engineering. When Hubble looks out into space, it looks back in time. And the images it brings to us of the past have changed the way we think about the origins of the universe. Hubble is many places - The Space Science Telescope Institute, where astronomers do their research, Goddard Space Flight Center, where NASA builds and controls the telescope, and space, where the telescope floats. And scientists from many walks of life lend a unique character to Hubble's earth-based centers." - from the website "Hubble orbits Earth at 5 miles per second." If your day is moving even faster than that, take a moment to explore a broader view of the Universe. http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/hubble/ A.M. Holm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SotD Ashlists archives - http://www.mail-archive.com/site-of-the-day@ashlists.org/ SotD Website - http://www.ashlists.org/sotd/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the BODY type: unsubscribe site-of-the-day