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Re: Telescopes and Kayaks
By:Ian Johnston
Date: 10/21/1999, 3:56 am
In Response To: Re: Pointy Thingy (Ian Johnston)

Mike,

Now I know what the guys who build the mirror for the Hubble Telescope must have felt like!! I can just see them sitting in the bosses office, when they were told of the screw up, going, "But we meant to build it concave!".

They should have known there was going to be a problem though. Every other mirror that GM builds says right on it, "Objects are closer than they appear."

Why did they expect this one to be any different? :-)

Ian

Messages In This Thread

Pygmy Osprey HP
Bill Oetjen -- 10/18/1999, 9:42 pm
Re: Pygmy Osprey HP, or a Baidarka?
Barry -- 10/19/1999, 8:20 pm
Re: Pygmy Osprey HP, or a Baidarka?
Dale Frolander -- 10/20/1999, 5:18 am
Re: Pygmy Osprey HP, or a Baidarka?
Peter W. P. -- 10/21/1999, 8:19 pm
Good one!
Dale Frolander -- 10/22/1999, 4:20 am
Re: Pygmy Osprey HP, or a Baidarka?
Dale Frolander -- 10/20/1999, 9:24 pm
Re: Stripper Baidarka
Ian Johnston -- 10/21/1999, 4:42 am
Re: S&G Baidarka
Mike Hanks -- 10/21/1999, 10:11 am
Re: S&G Baidarka
Barry -- 10/21/1999, 1:40 pm
Re: S&G Baidarka
Mike Hanks -- 10/21/1999, 7:16 pm
Re: Pointy Thingy
Ian Johnston -- 10/20/1999, 5:48 am
Re: Pointy Thingy
Jim Richardson -- 10/20/1999, 9:53 pm
Re: Pointy Thingy
Mike Scarborough -- 10/20/1999, 10:21 pm
Re: Pointy Thingy
Mike Scarborough -- 10/20/1999, 10:48 am
Re: Pointy Thingy
Ian Johnston -- 10/20/1999, 8:45 pm
Re: Telescopes and Kayaks
Ian Johnston -- 10/21/1999, 3:56 am
Re: Pygmy Osprey HP
lee -- 10/19/1999, 1:41 pm
Re: responsive like a dagger meridian?
lee -- 10/20/1999, 9:33 am
Re: Pygmy Osprey HP
Pete Roszyk -- 10/19/1999, 9:06 am
Re: Pygmy Osprey HP
Phil Serra -- 10/19/1999, 7:38 am
Re: what if?
lee -- 10/19/1999, 12:34 am
Osprey by pygmy boats
tom madill -- 10/23/1999, 4:25 am