De aanpassingen, die NASA space kabouters de afgelopen dagen aan de Hubble telescoop hebben verricht, betreffen o.a. een CPU upgrade. Hubble draait nu op een snelle 486!:
The Space Shuttle machine that will end later on today has achieved one of its prime objectives and upgraded the microprocessor that is the "brains" of the high tech device.Astronauts Steve Smith and John Grunsfeld successfully upgraded the 386 chip that was driving the telescope to a 486 processor over the last few days.