Hubble’s cosmic science is mind-blowing, but its soul celebrates something surprising about us

That which is born of the hack is hard to kill Column  As these words are written, the Hubble SpaceTelescope is out of commission, victim of a computer fault yet to be diagnosed. It still orbits 550km up, still automatically aiming itself at targets in this galaxy and others. But it is a zombie dance. Its instruments are blind and deaf, waiting for instructions from an onboard controller that lies silent.…