[FPSPACE] FW: [NOVA] "Hubble's Amazing Rescue" and The Secret Life of Scientists

[LARRY KLAES]

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> Subject: [NOVA] "Hubble's Amazing Rescue" and The Secret Life of Scientists
> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:17:23 -0400
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> Hubble's Amazing Rescue
> Tuesday, October 13 at 8pm ET/PT on PBS
> The best-known scientific instrument in history was dying. After
> nearly 20 years in space and hundreds of thousands of spectacular
> images, the Hubble Space Telescope's gyroscopes and sensors were
> failing, its batteries running down, and some of its instruments
> were already dead. The only hope to save Hubble was a mission so
> dangerous that in 2004 NASA cancelled it because it was considered
> too risky. Scientists and the general public alike stubbornly
> refused to abandon the telescope, and a new NASA administrator
> revived the mission. This program takes viewers behind the scenes on
> a riveting journey with the team of astronauts and engineers charged
> with saving the famous "orbiting observatory" against all odds. In
> his latest film for NOVA, Rushmore DeNooyer weaves together the
> compelling story of this dangerous 12-day mission and its five
> pressure-filled spacewalks. Read DeNooyer's dispatches about the
> mission as it unfolded on the program's companion website.
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> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hubble
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> The Secret Life of Scientists
> 
> THIS WEEK ON NOVA'S WEB-ONLY SERIES
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> Nate Ball: Mechanical Engineer
> 
> What he invented: The Ascender rope-climbing device
> 
> Who uses it: Soldiers and rescue workers
> 
> What it does: Save lives
> 
> How often his projects work on the first try: Never
> 
> His Secret: Daredevil
> 
> How he dares the devil: By free running up walls and trees
> 
> What happened once when the devil got mad: Nate's toes got pushed
> all the way back to his shin
> 
> What Nate gets from free running: The thrill of doing something
> scary... and succeeding
> 
> Watch videos, join the conversation with Nate, and more on The
> Secret Life of Scientists.
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> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/secretlife
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