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Originally Posted by KathyT
Anyone have ideas on this?
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Hmmm lemme try...
1) Hubble was needed to look at something else that required both space telescopes at the same time...
Oh yeah... forgot you don't know about the other one ...oopsy my bad
2) Hubble does not have weapons capabilities. There is no need they have many others like...
TRW Directed Energy Weapon
Here is the power coil in the clean room...
Here is one of the mirrors that focus the beams...
...built a lightweight, segmented 4 meter diameter (12 feet) mirror on which testing was completed in 1989. Tests verified that the surface optical figure and quality desired were achieved, and that the mirror was controlled to the required tolerances by adaptive optics adjustments. This mirror consists of a 17 mm thick facesheet bonded to fine figure actuators that are mounted on a graphite epoxy supported reaction structure. To this day, this is the largest mirror completed for use in space.
TRW Home page (DO NOT be fooled they are more than they appear
just do a little research
http://www.trw.com/home/main/0,,,FF.html
Concept Drawing SBL (Space Based Laser)
SBL Martin - Marietta
At a DEW (Directed Energy Weapon) symposium (You they have those kinda conventions
) someone snapped a few pics with a clandestine camera. Below you will see the 'business end' of the above drawing..
The following set of photos were taken at the 4th Annual Directed Energy (DE) Symposium, 29 October - 1 November 2001, held in Huntsville, Alabama by a clandestine camera. This is the unveiling of the Space Based Laser (SBL)
Here is the deployment schedule...
Now if these pictures disappear you will know THEY are not happy about this