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Nice summary of an eventful month.

I’d like to offer a couple points of clarification …

First, the far side of the Moon is referred to as “dark” only by fans of Pink Floyd and those unfamiliar with how lunar phases work. I do suppose one could make an argument that it used to be “dark” in the sense that Earthlings were absent the benefit of enlightened knowledge about what it was like prior to the arrival of lunar orbiting spacecraft. But, that may be a stretch.

Second, the Hubble’s mirror was not replaced (if that’s what you meant to say). Instead, an assembly of corrective optics was installed to give the various instruments a sharper image coming from the still flawed primary mirror.

Otherwise, another interesting article.

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