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Title: Hubble Telescope Control Keyboards!!!
Post by: jefferysanders on Wed, 09 January 2013, 17:29:49

Found this gem!!! AND ONLY 75k!!!
(http://i.imgur.com/7Ra4l.png)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NASA-ARTIFACT-VPI-Vehicle-Power-Interface-Rack-Console-Hubble-Space-Telescope-/261090432601?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cca33d659

Title: Re: Hubble Telescope Control Keyboards!!!
Post by: eyesmiles on Wed, 09 January 2013, 17:56:21

I enjoy the "ONLY 75K!!!" portion  :p

Those look like some hefty spherical keys judging by the pictures

Title: Re: Hubble Telescope Control Keyboards!!!
Post by: Turbo Slaab on Wed, 09 January 2013, 17:57:28

Quote from: eyesmiles on Wed, 09 January 2013, 17:56:21

I enjoy the "ONLY 75K!!!" portion  :p

Those look like some hefty spherical keys judging by the pictures

Hey now. It's obo.

Title: Re: Hubble Telescope Control Keyboards!!!
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 09 January 2013, 18:06:37

Just what I never knew I needed, a bunch of useless old nasa equipment. Why can't they just donate things to museums?
I have seen those ADDS terminal on thier own several time before, for like $40-60.

Title: Re: Hubble Telescope Control Keyboards!!!
Post by: bazemk1979 on Wed, 09 January 2013, 18:35:57

only 75k? peanuts....

Title: Re: Hubble Telescope Control Keyboards!!!
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 09 January 2013, 20:25:37

"Shipping: May not ship to Australia".

Meh.

Title: Re: Hubble Telescope Control Keyboards!!!
Post by: Broadmonkey on Thu, 10 January 2013, 16:38:03

Lol! One of the keyboards has even got 2 missing keys.

Title: Re: Hubble Telescope Control Keyboards!!!
Post by: TheQsanity on Thu, 10 January 2013, 18:27:39

I'd do it just for the caps.

Title: Re: Hubble Telescope Control Keyboards!!!
Post by: quadibloc on Tue, 15 January 2013, 10:37:53

The terminals appear to be ADDS terminals; perhaps less historic specimens might be available.

Title: Re: Hubble Telescope Control Keyboards!!!
Post by: baldgye on Tue, 15 January 2013, 10:43:55

Thats not even the proper control equpiment, thats just stuff used to test it prior to launch... who in there right mind would pay that much money for usless terminal equpiment used to test something...

...really should be in a museum or something

Title: Re: Hubble Telescope Control Keyboards!!!
Post by: eth0s on Tue, 15 January 2013, 16:27:07

Hmmm, I think we need an orange and yellow Hubble replacement group buy!  I'm in for one set if they are spherical.  :p