tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174733237199839093.post-37065385175005017972008-04-25T10:28:00.000-07:002008-04-25T10:35:02.984-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ocregister.com/newsimages/healthscience/2006/04/25scidude_hubble.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.ocregister.com/newsimages/healthscience/2006/04/25scidude_hubble.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Eighteen years ago yesterday, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on shuttle Discovery.<br /><br />As other bloggers have noted, most freshman Astro101 students are the same age as Hubble. And were toddlers when astronauts corrected the spherical abberation, finally giving us diffraction--limited views of the distant universe.The AstroDykehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10246964556529554839noreply@blogger.com