Woot! Hubble is operational again.
https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/16/hubble_telescope_fixed/ (It shut down 6 weeks ago when the payload computer failed. It has since been recalcitrant to come back online. Switching to a backup power supply and processing equipment finally did the trick.) |
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It's always amazing when they repair that way remotely.
In this case, I bet, the folks that designed the back up systems are long gone. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
Woot! Hubble is operational again.
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- July 16, 2021, 09:28:06 PM EDT
It's always amazing when they repair that way remotely.
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- July 16, 2021, 10:48:37 PM EDT
