This morning I had the opportunity (with a group of pupils) to watch Hubble 3D at the IMAX cinema at the Science Centre. It was absolutely fascinating; all about how the space shuttles were used to repair and service the Hubble telescope over the years. The 3D worked very well both for the film of the astronauts in the shuttle (it was as if they were standing right in front of us) and for the views of space from the Hubble (it was like zooming through the stars). The astronauts were relentlessly cheery even after hours outside the shuttle unscrewing lots of tiny screws in the telescope, hampered by their big space suit gloves. I suppose that when you get the chance to be an astronaut you can't really whinge about any aspect of it!
Carolyn came over this evening to plan the route for our first ever Gold Duke of Edinburgh expedition. We had tea with Ally and Davie first, then James arrived home from his two days in Warwick. Carolyn had already given the route a lot of thought and James was extremely helpful in planning it in more detail. When we were happy with all four days' expedition James put it into Memory Map and printed out maps and route cards while Carolyn and I had a chat. He even emailed the maps to Carolyn. James is very much in my good books tonight, I was very proud of him!
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