APOD: Science Museum Hubble (2010 Oct 13)

[Ester]

I enjoy Escher's work happily, and images from the HST have made my mind go places. Big time.

M.C. Escher sometimes used architectural devices in unconventional ways - often seemingly impossible, illusory, generally not usual nor ordinary - to exploit ideas in the visual sense.
IMHO Escher could possibly have constructed these arches to support the floor they stood above.

[emc]

M.C. Escher’s work is mind expanding for sure… I think the author of the caption for today’s APOD was reminded of Escher by the arches and the starry subjects of the three images posted above the HST replica. A respectful acknowledgement of M.C.E.’s achievement.


M.C.Escher, Other World, 1947 wood engraving and woodcut

[pat-on-mars]

I'd like to move it to one of the Lagrangian points in Earth/Moon orbit, where it would live in perpetuity - until a space rock hits it, that is.

[kjel]

why does it have to go in the ocean? what are the environmental considerations for this? will the debris be retrieved?

[Chris Peterson]

why does it have to go in the ocean? what are the environmental considerations for this? will the debris be retrieved?

The ocean is the safest place to scuttle it, since it's not going to hit anybody or damage any property. There are no environmental concerns, and no real possibility of recovering any debris.

[neufer]

why does it have to go in the ocean?

It's a big target with a low population density.

what are the environmental considerations for this?

A large Hubble bubble.

will the debris be retrieved?

We'll have Bob Ballard get right on it.

"I have to tell you Starscream, you're giving space debris a bad name"
- (Beast Wars: Transformers)