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Slashdot is reporting that NASA is going to repair the Hubble Space Telescope after all. Details here. In other news, the Japanese space agency has deployed the first ever solar sail. Dig the physics major arguments that follow! In computer news, Microsoft recalled Windows XP will be distributing a massive patch for its flagship product this month. Slashdot is also reporting that NASA will be creating a new supercomputer using a 10,240 Itanium Linux cluster. Maybe it'll help with the telescope.

And in the "what is old is new again" department, William Shatner is planning a to make a guest spot on the current Start Trek serial, Star Trek: Enterprise.

- posted by Base10 @ 3:33 PM