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Bill Nelson: what these new lens, these new computers, these new instruments on Hubble are going to do for us, is help us gaze out…

On the recordApril 22, 2009
what these new lens, these new computers, these new instruments on Hubble are going to do for us, is help us gaze out even further, to sample cosmic rays and understand in greater detail, what is this infinite place called the universe, and how do we relate to it.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Nelson expresses excitement about Hubble's new instruments enhancing our understanding of the universe.

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