astronomy news

just got out of three hours of assorted NASA folk blowing sunshine up our collective ass. A shuttle service mission is not being planned. The current plan for robotic servicing is 39 months and 1.3 billion. HST is expected to degrade two gryos (out of six) sometime in 05, and the batteries are expected to fail by 09. If they go HST will break. I'll give the NASA guy his due, he was pretty straight forward, I'll just bet I can't find 10 astronomers who think a robotic mission is a good idea.

well

I think my palm is dying. IT wouldn't turn on properly last night, and today I got it on, but it has losts its and is back to the factory install. fsck.

a moment of peace

It is safe to say that I've been underwhelmed by the Hotel and facilities that we're having this convention in. However it got a whole lot better when I spent 45 minutes during lunch hour tonight sitting in a lounge chair by the pool in the sunlight. I began to see why so many people in S Cal have the reputation of being mellow.

Now back to the salt mines.