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Located 30 miles west of Cambridge, Oak Ridge’s 61-inch-wide Wyeth telescope has a rich history. It was used to discover the first potential planet orbiting a star outside the solar system, and has been used regularly by undergraduates for research. Although it is currently the largest telescope in the country east of Texas, the Oak Hill technology doesn’t measure up to newer models, which have gotten progressively larger and more powerful. Its closure reflects plans to bring the Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics’ (CFA) international battery of telescopes...
...during the stress and heating of reentry. To prevent the rigid tiles from grinding or chipping, heat resistant cloth is fitted between them. Ordinarily, the filler is flush with the ship, all but invisible to the eye. But on Discovery, two pieces are protruding near the nose-one 1.1 inch, the other .06 inch, and need to be snipped away...
...Prado Museum, I had incorrectly assumed that it would be home to “Guernica.” In fact, the Prado Museum houses artwork dating only until the mid-nineteenth century. Its existing collection is certainly nothing short of impressive—greatness covered every inch of the innumerable walls. In fact, the vast quantity of paintings by the old Spanish Masters, El Greco, Goya, and Velazquez, particularly struck me. El Greco’s “Crucifixion” was moving, Goya’s “Shootings of the Third of May?...
...while the governor may be your average hyper-driven American with 22-inch biceps and a ridiculous accent, the rest of Sacramento is firmly rooted in the Bizarro World. The Hollywood-ready wackiness does not come from the Mr. Universe-turned-governor. Instead, it is provided by the legislature, the bureaucrats, and the generally bizarre attitude of California’s two-hours-from-anywhere (including the ocean) center of government...
John Hastrup ’06, a Crimson editorial editor, is a government concentrator in Dunster House. He is upset that even his big head is scrawny compared to Arnie’s 22-inch biceps...