[meteorite-list] Crackpot in the news

From: AL Mitterling <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Apr 24 15:19:03 2005
Message-ID: <426BF11A.3020606_at_kconline.com>

Tom Knudson wrote: about the article and

Joseph Bush who the article is about said:

"When I sent him my photos, they actually turned the Hubble Space
Telescope (HST)
to check it out," he said.

Having been down to the Hubble Space Telescope launch and talked to many
of the contractors who worked on the Hubble along with having lots of
information on how the Hubble works (from NASA), I can say that looking
at the moon is one of the really big no, no's as that much light will
fry many of the sensitive instruments on board. Three things the
Hubble's software is programed to do, keep it pointed away from the
Earth, Moon and of course the Sun as any could and would be fatal to the
Space Telescope.

The gentleman is a liar who advised the reporter. There are of course
other obvious miss statements and lies.

--AL Mitterling
Received on Sun 24 Apr 2005 03:18:50 PM PDT