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The Centrifuge
at Goddard Space Flight Center. In this picture,
a Hubble instrument is about to
be tested (on tilt table to the left of the picture). This
massive
facility can be spun at up to 20 rpm, leading
to a speed of about 100 mph at the ends. The hardware then
experiences 15 G's
of acceleration. For scale, note
the test technician standing on the movable platform.