damn space shuttle

Nothing like going into Orbit on 1970's technology. Better yet, 1970's technology in 2006.

NASA has its problems, most of them are in Washington, not in Houston/Pasadena/Florida.

70's technology isn't all bad. Some of that older stuff is made with a lot more care than some of the shit we get now. At least on a basic consumer level.

I would hope at least they have been allowed to update their computers, and comunication devices.

Lets hope it has more power than my TI - 83 calc in that 70's technology then... j/k

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Originally Posted by buttcheeks

Do you know how they fucked up the telescope? They didn't take gravity/zero gravity into account when grinding the lens.

Do you know how they fixed it? They made a little robotic set of lenses to compensate for the small changes zero gravity caused to the original lens. They also found a way to mount this inside with out changing the design of the telescope. They figured this all out on earth and got it fixed their first time up to work on it.

If it hasn't sunk in yet, all of what I just said requires an absurd amount of math and precision. NASA does some amazing shit, and considering the precision it requires to get anything into space, and get it to work, I’m surprised they don’t fuck up more often.

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Isn't Hubble coming down in 2010? I think it's being replaced by the next-gen scope anyway though.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

Actually Cow's a moron (lol, surprise)

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I think you have me confused with Marwan.

I do need to read more about all this shit though. Most of my information on the Chinese school system comes from stuff I've picked up from the newspapers and magazines like Time over the years.


But seriously, any University the caliber of say, Rutgers, produces many "credible academics."

Peking University is world-class. And a lot of Chinese universities are picking up stem cell research to get a competitive advantage in the wake of Bush's war on science.

Just admit it, you spewed some bullshit, got called out on it, everything is fine.

The majority of Chinese universities aren't Peking.

I was recently reading something in the Times which was talking about Chinese higher education and how it was lacking. I'll try to find the article on my next day off (Wed.) and we can go from there.

The majority of American universities aren't Harvard, that doesn't mean the majority are trash.

Tsinghua is another prestigious school in China. Same with the University of Hong Kong.

Chinese universities are not as good as ours but neither is anybody else's. They're still good, though.

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but neither is anybody else's.

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I don't know. Places like Germany, Japan, England, Swedian, all make some nice shit. I'd like to think at least a few of those guys were taught in house.

And before anyone says anything, no I do not automatically adopt the opinions of the New York Times writers, and being a writer I understand how articles manipulate statistics and lead thoughts.

I'm pretty surprised that I couldn't find more international college rankings with a casual search. Is there an American institution or maybe an EU one that has an extensive international comparison published?