Hubble Telescope Lego Edition - needs your help...

[SidDithers]

From Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog at Slate:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/07/24/lego_hubble_let_s_get_this_model_made.html

I have a soft spot in my heart for the Hubble Space Telescope. I got my Ph.D. using observations from the venerable observatory (literally signing on to the project two weeks before the ‘scope launched into space), then got a job helping build, calibrate, and use a camera called STIS that was installed onboard Hubble in 1997.

So when I got a tweet from Gabriel Russo about getting a Lego model of Hubble officially approved, my reaction was immediate.

If you can’t figure out what it was, then reread the title of this post.

Russo’s model is amazing, and extremely cool. However, it’s not a real thing just yet. He’s submitted it to Lego’s Ideas site, which is where people can turn their ideas into real Lego kits.

Russo has done the first step, but the next step is to get 10,000 supporters to get his model reviewed by the powers that be at Lego (he doesn’t need money, just votes). He’s about halfway there, and I know there are 5,000 people reading this blog who can take a minute to register with Lego (it’s free) and give him an upvote. I did.
If it gets approved, he might be able to get it made by 2015, the 25th anniversary of Hubble’s launch. I think this model would be great for kids, adults, classrooms, space enthusiasts, and pretty much everyone. And yes, I’m doing this for selfish reasons, too.

I really want one.

So check out his images of his model, and then go give him some Lego love.

Like Phil says, go give it some Lego love. (Lego require you to create a Lego ID in order to vote)

Sid

[Politicalboi]

1. Are the mirrors going to be

Backwards too?

I had a girlfriend who used to work at JPL and my dad used to always tease her about that. She didn't work on the Hubble, but she did on the Cassini.