Anyone looking forward to the Hubble improvements?

Currently, the Hubble space telescope is nearing completion of it final fix up. It is being upgraded with better technology, a more powerful camera, shielding and replacement of a faulty battery for it's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph.

Images from the Hubble are already the most impressive ones we have of the cosmos and I'm excited about the prospect of even more stunning photos of our infinite universe, and possibly, new discoveries.:o

The contribution of the last Hubble were immense, so I'm obviously curious about what they'll see and discover after these upgrades... especially during the first months. After they've played around a bit, they'll probably use it to do a dozen or hundred completely uninteresting tests and observations >_>Hungry_bunny

No, the government can already see what I'm doing every day, do I really want them to be able to count the hairs on my head?DarKre

Its gonna be cool. and on this topic:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/15/check-this-out-amazing-photo-of-the-sun/

That is cool

[QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"]The contribution of the last Hubble were immense, so I'm obviously curious about what they'll see and discover after these upgrades... especially during the first months. After they've played around a bit, they'll probably use it to do a dozen or hundred completely uninteresting tests and observations >_>FFCYAN

Im hoping that as one of their tests, they will capture images of something they have done before, something like Saturn or the Orion Nebula, although im aware that they take time to capture and process.

[QUOTE="FFCYAN"]

[QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"]The contribution of the last Hubble were immense, so I'm obviously curious about what they'll see and discover after these upgrades... especially during the first months. After they've played around a bit, they'll probably use it to do a dozen or hundred completely uninteresting tests and observations >_>Hungry_bunny