@jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoPesky Glitch Forces NASA to Change the Way Hubble Works, and It's Not for the Bettergizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down13
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minus-square@prettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish20•4 months 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-square@can@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish19•4 months 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 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.