jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoPesky Glitch Forces NASA to Change the Way Hubble Works, and It's Not for the Bettergizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down13
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkPesky Glitch Forces NASA to Change the Way Hubble Works, and It's Not for the Bettergizmodo.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·27 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-up19·27 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 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.