Monday, May 30, 2011

APOD 4.7

Zooniverse: more of the same, more classifying galaxies.

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There appears to be a spire in the clouds, as the Space shuttle Endeavor ascends for the last time. The perspective of the rising shuttle and the clouds makes the lower mass seem solid and flat, as if something was poking out of a mattress. from the visible spec that is the shuttle itself, the scale is more easily represented, and the total area of the visible sky is vast, and the camera was on board a shuttle training aircraft. I'd still love to know what we're going to do about getting NASA personnel up to the international space station until we have a suitable replacement.

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