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Hubble Space Telescope: Exploring the Cosmos and Making Life Better on Earth

In the 35 years since its launch aboard space shuttle Discovery, the Hubble Space Telescope has provided stunning views of galaxies millions of light years away. But the leaps in technology needed for its look into space has also provided benefits on the ground. Here are some of the technologies developed for Hubble that have improved life on Earth.

Image Sensors Find Cancer

Charge-coupled device (CCD) sensors have been used in digital photography for decades, but Hubble’s Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph required a far more sensitive CCD. This development resulted in improved image sensors for mammogram machines, helping doctors find and treat breast cancer.

Laser Vision Gives Insights

In preparation for a repair mission to fix Hubble’s misshapen mirror, Goddard Space Flight Center required a way to accurately measure replacement parts. This resulted in a tool to detect mirror defects, which has since been used to develop a commercial 3D imaging system and a package detection device now used by all major shipping companies.

Optimized Hospital Scheduling

A computer scientist who helped design software for scheduling Hubble’s observations adapted it to assist with scheduling medical procedures. This software helps hospitals optimize constantly changing schedules for medical imaging and keep the high pace of emergency rooms going.

Optical Filters Match Wavelengths and Paint Swatches

For Hubble’s main cameras to capture high-quality images of stars and galaxies, each of its filters had to block all but a specific range of wavelengths of light. The filters needed to capture the best data possible but also fit on one optical element. A company contracted to construct these filters used its experience on this project to create filters used in paint-matching devices for hardware stores, with multiple wavelengths evaluated by a single lens.

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Hot take of the day a lot of people are starting to use “being cunty” as an excuse for men over sexualizing female characters… no every woman wearing a skintight bikini while the men get full suits of armor isn’t cunty it’s misogyny and it’s weird

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I did cry about opportunity shutting down when I found out the first time lol

You are working the gate in the afterlife and for the first time ever, something the humans built has shown up to be processed. You’re not sure what to do, this… entity shouldn’t have a soul, but here it is in front of you, freshly dead and awaiting the next life.

I think we should bring back shouting across the room at eachother instead of texting fuck courtesy or social norms or whatever it’s funny

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If you know anything about me you know it’s cosmog but minior is my favorite non-legendary

I am the epitome of “find the beauty in everything” to the point where it makes me a bad driver because I keep getting distracted by grass and flowers on the side of the road on the notoriously dirty ugly American highways

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The “actions over intentions” take bothers me especially when used to determine the level of respect a person deserves because it feels unfair to treat someone who did something that hurt people by accident, was told what they did wrong, apologized, and made a genuine effort to not make the same mistake in the future the same way you would treat someone who is going out of their way to cause harm and doesn’t plan on changing anytime soon.

Yeah, ignorant people are annoying, but ignorance is very different from straight up malice. Besides, it’s just not possible for someone to be educated on every possible issue in the world even if they’re trying their best, and people are complicated and make mistakes.

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