THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!
NASA gets Hubble going
NASA NETWORK experts have successfully powered up the backup data handling computer on the Hubble space telescope.
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"Lucky for us a .22 long rifle bullet is the same size as an auto fuse!"




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Mike is just being flip, meaning that if a replacement fuse is
michaelminserted without the cause of the first blow out having been located then a replacement fuse will almost certainly also blow out.
But, this is the clincher, if a well fitting .22 rimfire cartridge is instead inserted, then heating of the `fuse` will set off the primer compound around the rim. . .
He was being flip as there was no suggestion of a blown fuse in the first place.
Well there's the problem ...
chillyphantomQuote: "NASA will send send up another spare computer with the space shuttle’s Hubble upgrade mission (SP2)."
They were running Windows prior to SP2.
Better hope the 'puter isn't an HP AMD system or else the SP3 upgrade is going to have problems too.
DOH!!!!