It’s quite ironic that many many people think like Curls(?) about the Hubble Spaced Telescope: that it gets such beautiful images because it is closer to the stars. It does get you closer (a couple of hundred miles out of many trillions of miles), but the real reason is that it gets you above the messy earth’s atmosphere. Studying stars from the ground is like trying to study birds from the bottom of a lake.
“Geez, can’t you nerds just laugh and enjoy a comic strip instead of dissecting it?”****************************************************.No one’s forcing you to read the comments.
Sometimes, I enjoy the comments more than the comic..But it’s not mandatory. You do have a choice— if you don’t like the comments, just don’t read them..
I appreciate your comments, although one of the reasons I like this site is I invariably learn things, more often than not, from other posters here. If you would prefer to remain in your particular state of bliss, perhaps you should just read one comic and move on to the next one and not worry about what everyone else has to say, including me.
I doubt anyone would learn anything from what I might have to say, I just post to provide tit for tat, (that means returning the favor, basically, I just like the word tat.)
The original Hubble had a slightly misground lens, and there was a big deal about the error. However, even with this flaw it was collecting photos 10X sharper than what we could get on Earth by being above the atmosphere.When a properly ground lens was installed, the universe really opened up.
ghretighoti over 11 years ago
It’s quite ironic that many many people think like Curls(?) about the Hubble Spaced Telescope: that it gets such beautiful images because it is closer to the stars. It does get you closer (a couple of hundred miles out of many trillions of miles), but the real reason is that it gets you above the messy earth’s atmosphere. Studying stars from the ground is like trying to study birds from the bottom of a lake.
Beekeeper62 over 11 years ago
I would like to know how he got up there.
pouncingtiger over 11 years ago
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him [think]
pschearer Premium Member over 11 years ago
You enjoy the cartoon your way and let us enjoy it ours.
sundogusa over 11 years ago
Actually the telescope came from Alley Oop, who in turn was gifted it in 1973 during one of his time travel trips.
linsonl over 11 years ago
When I was little, I thought they put telescopes on mountains so they would be closer to the stars.
goweeder over 11 years ago
“Geez, can’t you nerds just laugh and enjoy a comic strip instead of dissecting it?”****************************************************.No one’s forcing you to read the comments.
Sometimes, I enjoy the comments more than the comic..But it’s not mandatory. You do have a choice— if you don’t like the comments, just don’t read them..
MontanaLady over 11 years ago
I haven’t laughed out loud in days!!!!!
Jeff0811 over 11 years ago
I appreciate your comments, although one of the reasons I like this site is I invariably learn things, more often than not, from other posters here. If you would prefer to remain in your particular state of bliss, perhaps you should just read one comic and move on to the next one and not worry about what everyone else has to say, including me.
I doubt anyone would learn anything from what I might have to say, I just post to provide tit for tat, (that means returning the favor, basically, I just like the word tat.)
loves raising duncan over 11 years ago
I don’t think it quite works that way!
tuslog64 over 11 years ago
If there is any possible way to misuse something, someone will find it!!
tuslog64 over 11 years ago
The original Hubble had a slightly misground lens, and there was a big deal about the error. However, even with this flaw it was collecting photos 10X sharper than what we could get on Earth by being above the atmosphere.When a properly ground lens was installed, the universe really opened up.