NASA has its Hubble cake, can't eat it too

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NASA has its Hubble cake, can't eat it too

No mere model: Hubble Telescope as created by Charm City Cakes hangs at NASA (Credit: Dave Mosher / Discovery Space)

April 6, 2009 — In May, NASA will launch a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.

On Saturday, the space agency's goals were only slightly different: to serve the Hubble Space Telescope.

A cake, crafted to look like the orbiting observatory by the bakers behind the Food Network reality show "Ace of Cakes", was unveiled at the Goddard Space Flight Center during a party that celebrated humanity's achievements in space, as well as the Greenbelt, Maryland-center's 50th anniversary.

"Everybody knows Hubble"

"I thought it would be really neat and it would enhance our Yuri's Night event if we had such a spectacular creation," explained Amy Pruett, a public affairs officer at Goddard who, as a personal fan of "Ace of Cakes" had the idea to arrange for the Hubble-themed dessert.

Pruett, who grew up watching her mother decorate cakes, told collectSPACE that she called the Baltimore-based Charm City Cakes, which is the focus of the reality show.

"I called Mary Alice," recalled Pruett, referring to Charm City's office manager Mary Alice Yeskey. "She said that 'We've always wanted to work with NASA, and we'd love to work with you guys,' so we set up a meeting."
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[Pluff Mudder]

Hope they don't have little pieces of fondant falling on their heads.