I am no science student.

You know you're a social science student as soon as any equation or exact answer has to come into effect. I am spending my 4 year Mount Allison Degree, working on a major in Anthropology(The science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.) So how did i get myself in this predicament you might ask yourself? During a 4 year degree, you must take 2 science courses to graduate and i was told that this would be the most interesting out of all of them ( Not informing me that there is math involved in the process to gaining the distribution course). I bring up the math because, it has been almost 3 entire years since i had to do an equation more then two lines long(it might sound pathetic but, its true!) This is my adventure and i invite you to follow me through the good times and the bad(hopefully they are all good, but i am a realist! :P)
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Friday Night and the Hubble Space Telescope.

 This week has been rather interesting to say the least. I was finally able to complete my constellation testing on the 23rd. Didn't do as well as i would have wanted, but i was unable to reschedule due to my weeks schedule, which we will touch base on later in this post. When i went down for the testing, the sky was nice and clear, but that quickly changed to our demise.  I arrived at the constellation testing spot at around 850-9pm at night. At around 930-45, the clouds started to overtake the sky, starting with the constellation of Cassiopeia and the star Capella, working itself down towards the constellation of Orion.

 As the week came to a close on Friday, i had to report for duty at 1900 in Moncton. As we left the Tim Hortens in Sackville NB, our convoy headed for CFB Aldershot on a weekend Ex. At around 20:45 our convoy experienced the effects of Nova Scotia black ice. The lead vehicle slid and flipped off the highway, during the same time my police car also got dragged off the highway, ending up sideways in a ditch, with our trailer flipped over and totaled. After coming to a stop we confirmed everyone's safety, including other civilian drivers., who also went off the main Highway. After 5 hrs of outside weather, 4 hrs in a Hospital, and another 4 hrs before we headed home, it was the most eventful weekend Ex, i have ever participated in. And a day after, i am entering this blog, before the deadline hits. For this blog entry i would like to touch on the Hubble Space Telescope.

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The only Vehicle that didn't crash)

 As for the Hubble Space Telescope.

 The Hubble Space Telescope was built by NASA and brought into orbit within the 1990's. The Hubble Space Telescope was not the first telescope to have been put into space, but it has been known as one of the most vital and important telescopes to scientists.

 Unique features about the Hubble Space Telescope:

 - First ever telescope to be designed to be serviced in space.
 - The mission duration of this telescope was set at around 20 years ( which is overdue right now)
 - Had four servicing missions to date ( 1993, 1997, 1999, and 2000)
 - The Hubble Space telescope was about 43 feet in length, weighed approx 24,000 lbs, and had a diameter of 14 feet.


 This telescope was able to provide us with unique photographs and the ability to provide imaging possibilities to view distant and far away galaxies, that were not viewable to ground telescopes at the time. This telescope was a big step forward in its versatile design and imaging systems, which delivered advancement and knowledge to not only the space community, but to public in general.

 Stay tuned for next weeks blog, hopefully it doesn't include anymore accidents haha.

 
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