or fifty years now if you would go to a typical classroom in the united states and look at posters on the wall you would see pictures of dinosaurs for the first time last year pictures from hubble space telescope occurred more often than dinosaurs on the walls of the classrooms of america that is quite an accomplished so thank you children for funding to help both well in fact that's true but there we've had servicing missions to the hubble . five of them actually and the last one there was a lot of questioning because the economy was having problems whether or not it should go ahead there were some committees that actually recommended against the final servicing of hubble in fact it was the public the american public that insisted that help those to be serviced so it could continue sending pictures for another five to ten years so the public has actually helped save the life time of

all before extending would you validate helpless contribution to science on the one hand and nasa this p.r. on the other hand what impact has it had there related nasa has done a good job of publicizing hubble but in fact i don't think that's really the key to success as we all know you can try to publicize something that doesn't really have much value and you don't succeed i think humble really has been a remarkable discovery machine and because of that is been very easy for nasa to. be successful in its p.r. of the telescope i just mentioned that we're going to speak to the apollo eight crew members and everyone knows that they brought back the shot of the earth right now you see responsible for perhaps the most sensational photographs of the skies and who really got it from point a couple. how much of a gamble was it

a big gamble really i've always been a risk taker in my life when i was a child first thing i did when i got my first job after school was to deliver newspapers i saved up money and got a telescope i was interested in astronomy even at that age twelve years old first thing i did was on a dark night i took it out to see how far i could see fifty years later when i became director of the institute that operates hubble space telescope it seemed to me to do the same thing scientifically look to see just how far out that could see galaxies. there had been some studies scientific studies done before the launch of hubble trying to predict the important scientific problems that it would help solve and imaging distant galaxies was not one of them and there were valid reasons why many astronomers thought that hubble would do many great things but it probably

would not make much of a contribution in studying distant galaxies i question that. and i thought it was sufficiently important that i was willing to take a recess and point hubble at. what i called an undistinguished spot in the sky for ten full days to see what it could see. some prominent scientists were very worried about this because we did this just after hubble had been repaired you know for the first three years of its existence there was a flaw in the mirrors that needed to be corrected and so the american public was very upset about that hubble space telescope at the time of its launch was the most expensive scientific project in history. two and one half billion u.s. dollars very expensive and it was not working. for three years the astronauts repaired

it famous servicing mission very successful perhaps the greatest moment in nasa this history except for the moon landing. and so it was very worrisome to many people that right after the service in mission when people had been opposed to the telescope because it wasn't working here's some crazy astronomer was going to try to see if he could image distant galaxies and they were afraid that i would get no results and if that were true then the public would really be opposed to the telescope but i thought it was worth the scientific risk and fortunately i had a very good team of young scientists helping me and of course it did work out so there's a story here it is important to a scientific basis but that's my question i mean it's a huge waste from what you've described a huge amount of money that could have been so many const more than prose what

trophy is it intuition or is it is it reason partly no it was that's a good question actually it was intuition. that. i in my science i do tend to rely on my intuition probably too much actually because i can point to times in my scientific career when i had a hunch we call it you suspect something and i followed it and it turned out not to be productive in the case that. in the case of the deep field it was productive you know it it's true in life that if you're going to make really interesting discoveries something that is unexpected you do need to be a risk taker and i guess i like to go for the big discovery and so i'm willing to take a risk even though the majority of the time perhaps you come up with a. i think very interesting so it's a style that is

a personal style that scientists have some people are not such risk takers they can be very successful i happen to be a risk taker. i've certainly had some failures that turned out to be a success and i think it was definitely worth it now it was in ninety five when you revolutionized the visuals of the science i mean for us for ordinary people it was a revolution of the visuals and of science and you took a chance you took a risk what about scientists and space researchers now can can they take a chance to gamble or are the stakes too high budgets to tie up. it's becoming more difficult when funding is in. there is greater pressure to come up with a result and of course it's very it's much easier to come up with a result when you don't take a risk when you're doing something where you already know it's likely to give you a positive result but of course the great discoveries are those in which you're completely unexpected and therefore you cannot anticipate and i believe for the

progress of science it is essential that there be risk takers and i think it's important for the people in the political world who fund expensive scientific projects to realize that it is important for the march of science for the march of human knowledge that a certain amount of risk taking be undertaken just to make sure one more time for you this odyssey of the humble what's more important the facts or the visuals that that that that's mind boggling for us. the facts the facts yes so what's more important is it more important for you to see a beautiful picture and we can say that that's art and that's important or is it more important for you to realize that there's a discovery that tells you something about the origins of life even if that image is not pretty i would say it is the increased. then the of the universe that comes

even from an image that is not very pretty to me that has much more of value then something is beautiful although that of course does have value itself but you ask me as a taxpayer i think. that depends upon your values do you value art and depicting something that is beautiful more than fundamental understanding you also said that we're now experiencing that golden age of astronomy you still have that opinion lately you are even with the budget cuts yeah because this extends over a period of some years we're going through difficult periods now in the past few years but when i talk about the golden age of astronomy i talk about the the space missions that we've had in the past fifteen years and the large ground based observatories in the new technological developments that have been able to us to do

things like adaptive optics supercomputers that have really advanced or understanding the strawman if you look at the fundamental discoveries that have been made in astronomy. paul sawers quads are those. the existence of planets around other stars in the past fifteen years there's been an explosion of knowledge about things largely is due to important technological developments so they've all come together to cause this large number of discoveries that i would say really makes it appropriate to call this age a golden era of astronomy but what do you think how both crowning achievement will be i actually think it is produced many interesting scientific discoveries i believe the crowning achievement of hubble space telescope will be the fact that it made the public aware of the universe and the fact that we can under. stand it and

the fact that humans are a part of the universe and evolved from it i believe that is hubble's crowning achievement thank you very much for this interview my pleasure. i am sick of nature and discover it's. leap. communicate with the wild and learn. test yourself and become free and. see what nature can give you see. forty two thousand americans die each year from car accidents only a thousand. seven hundred thousand people. and thirty two thousand will kill

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yet more room in her hand luggage after claiming goal number three at the world aquatic championships now the russian has been a force of nature in shanghai wrapping up her third synchronized swimming title on wednesday in the free solo routine earlier in the week to secure a top spot in the technical do it technical events at the oriental sports center to this result this from the need of starting to world championship gold that is a record spain's andrius went is on china's sun when yang taking the other podium spots ok let's move on to football now where you're a quiet took their place in the final of the cup american folding up to no win over prove in the opening last four clash of this year's tournament the uruguayans dominating the first top but just could not break the deadlock it wasn't until early in the second period when they finally seize the initiative this story is first to the break in the fifty third minute here. and then five minutes after the netted the same claim this brace sealing peru's fate in the the process. liverpool

man doing what he does best one on one scoring to know how it ended europe why not make the winners of the fourth wife venice we're less satisfied. you know because you're going is don't think any more about coming second it will be a disaster we know it can we know we can lose but now we have given ourselves the opportunity to play in the final we're going to try to win but of course we don't know what's going to happen in venezuela who are into the cup a semifinals for the first ever time underwent their final preparations for part of why and choose they both sides causing a nuisance of themselves in the earlier rounds part of why not defending champions brazil venice will ascend to a highly tight in chile squad packing also in the quarters the team is made in the group stages drawing three a pace so expect another tight encounter with venezuelan monitor stating this fight his teens inexperience they will not be lacking in confidence. the way we see that

we have the chance to play in the final and we have to say that because that's the way we feel we don't feel that we're less than anyone else the numbers show that in the cup when bitten will have scored more goals than anyone else where very well disciplined so why wouldn't we try and make it into the final. carlos tevez transfer saga has taken another twist for brazilian side corinthians now withdrawing their offer for the manchester city forward to where you have been in action in the cup america quarterfinals the weekend for argentina but his sea of penalty against europe why don't the sides the move to christians believed to be halted because they wanted to keep a city in instalments his former club did stay it however they still want the striker and may try to revive the deal in january when they know their transfer window opens. ok let's talk boxing on two top heavy weight contenders a pen to paper as they seek to claim their recently became a w b a belt with. russian alexander perfect and they will go head to head on

august twenty seventh in germany two thousand and four olympics gold medalist event it's going to be a first title fights the thirty one year old is on the feedin twenty one pro bowl it's on the first sheet right at home the erfurt venue having fought sixteen times in germany will have already had to be a belt around his waist in two thousand and seven beating another like way to put the thirty two year old leader failed to defend the crowd due to injury he was forced to relinquish it the title vacated because after four bell told of living near to school it took ownership of it a fortnight ago in beating david haye could have been years before he defended it again. china would go where the country's most popular basketball player has retired from the sport yellow ming officially calling it quits earlier today the eight time n.b.a. all star forced to leave the sport after his career was blighted during the past half a dozen years with injury the thirty three year old who was

a high school name in his home country before starting his career stateside with the houston rockets the top draft pick in two thousand and two n.b.a. commissioner david stern praising the thirty year old on stating. the isn't finished yet. i very much want to personally congratulate on his distinguished playing career and wish him success as he transitions into the next phase of his life. importantly we look forward to working with you o. in continuing the growth of the game of basketball in china a growth to which he has already contributed so much. amen to that now there's been a quite sing credible achievement in athletics with oscar pistorius booking his place at the upcoming world championships in south korea the double amputee also known as the fastest man on no legs or blade runner needed to clock forty five point two five seconds in

a four hundred meters dash in italy to make it there on the south african well he did that on some more surpassing the mark by zero point one eight seconds in lake nano that means currently twenty four year old pistorius is eligible to take part in both the world finals in august on the twenty twelve summer olympics in london pistorius has legs were amputated below the knee when he was eleven months old because he was born without shin bones. now the excitement's rushes up a notch in the cricket world this week the top two countries in the test form in the present india an england going head to head at lord's in thursday's opener in this year's world cup mob of the chairman believes it's going to be house tights on the crease that is on paper. i think it's going to be really exciting season definitely they've got really good bowlers and is the broader. resonance who is going to be it's going to be a tough fight i think plays well. is well under pressure and i

think they're more than physical toughness is going to be mental toughness was mentally tough was going to win it. now let's finish with the help skip and jump or actions to that effect park her or free running which initially was made famous through the film industry is now gaining momentum in russia or among cos riffed picks up the story. he called it a sport if your performance is not rated well these three runners don't care what you call their artform barcoo or practitioners also known as tracers are growing in number across europe and the discipline is now making headway in russia as well but you can see the development in the guys you can see that you know that is the spirit. and their training and the way they move the strength and that sort of thing you can you can visit you know we see that wherever we go if we've been to somewhere and then visited again a few years later we do see a difference in the strength and the ability and confidence of the practitioners normally. zan edwards regularly travels the world giving seminars and presentations

on pork or this being his third visit to moscow he's a rival always turns into a great spectacle put on by his russian associates and old portie promoting not only a healthy lifestyle but also raising doubts about the very laws of physics. it's very important to be able to have complete control over your body clock or could also be very practical too like when you fly in from bad guys or something if i like what i see here who knows i might join them. russia's climate doesn't allow for a year round. but that's exactly the arts philosophy to overcome an obstacle unsurmountable in everyday life. understand that russians don't have many opportunities to practice park or especially in winter when it's cold and therefore thing is covered with snow despite in fact i was impressed with their technique and believe it has a future here. the global park or community truly has no boundaries with the

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a percent of the energy sector that was held before make all the six join me in twenty minutes time for more on the markets latest business. very warm welcome to you this is the line from moscow now is the phone hacking scandal in britain continues to unfold on a daily basis storm clouds gather for prime minister david cameron his close connections with the battled rupert murdoch's media empire has seen him facing some difficult questions in parliament today and with a new maori poll giving cameron his no with popularity rating since coming to power remissness a contagion this story could bring him down meanwhile emmett's takes a look at an aspect of the case that doesn't seem so much the dental. another political scandal erupts another whistleblower diaries sean hoare was the

first former news of the world journalists to go on the record to allege that phone hacking was endemic at the paper and that its editor andy colson actively encouraged it hall was found dead in his house on monday setting the blogosphere into a frenzy of comparisons with the case of dr david kelly wizened a sean hoare story bigger reminds me of how dr david kelly was bumped off similar tragedies of sean hoare in david kelly all this madness and david kelly shawn who are this what i'm thinking something's not trying to kelly was the u.n. weapons inspector who first cause doubt on the government's claim that iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within forty five minutes it led to scrutiny of tony blair's decision to invade iraq by extraordinary coincidence kelly's body was discovered exactly eight years before that of sean hordes on the eighteen.