jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoPesky Glitch Forces NASA to Change the Way Hubble Works, and It's Not for the Bettergizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down13
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minus-squareSzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·26 days agoIt’s already been used far beyond its planned operational status and everything since then has been gravy. It’s amazing that they’re able to find workarounds to keep it useful for scientific tests and analysis.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·26 days agoIt’s still got a lot of good science left, with a decade of orbit to figure out how to get back to it for maintenance we could keep it running.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·26 days ago . “One-gyro mode actually returns Hubble to consistent science operations and it allows us to keep another gyro working…for potential future use.” They even kept a backup.
It’s already been used far beyond its planned operational status and everything since then has been gravy.
It’s amazing that they’re able to find workarounds to keep it useful for scientific tests and analysis.
It’s still got a lot of good science left, with a decade of orbit to figure out how to get back to it for maintenance we could keep it running.
They even kept a backup.