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Frostmourne
07/01/21 9:15:31 PM
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https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/06/30/opinions/hubble-telescope-glitch-opinion-lincoln/index.html

I love interesting space news like this.
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sabrestorm
07/01/21 9:16:54 PM
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im not saying it was aliens but it was aliens
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Goatsensation
07/01/21 9:18:03 PM
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aliens

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Aristoph
07/01/21 9:29:39 PM
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The really sad part about this whole situation is that if they can't find what is essentially a software/programming fix for this issue, we do not currently have any vehicle capable of going up there to fix it manually.

There's a couple of launch vehicles that have the ability to dock with the telescope, but none of them have manipulator arms nor space-walk capability. So the best we can do is hook up what amounts to an extra fuel tank and some thrusters to keep it in a stable orbit and maybe a new vehicle will be operational eventually. SpaceX's Starship is pretty much the only candidate, though, and that's several years out and would likely require a specialized version of Starship to pull off.

But it would be a tragic loss to everyone on Earth if we're unable to recover Hubble. :-(

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Zikten
07/01/21 9:31:24 PM
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Just when you thought it wasn't aliens, it was aliens
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Smackems
07/01/21 9:32:05 PM
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Oh that fucking sucks. I love Hubble

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fohstick
07/01/21 9:34:12 PM
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not the heckin hubberino telescope
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Shotgunnova
07/01/21 9:44:05 PM
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Ol' Hubble's getting pretty old up there. Hope they can find a fix for it.

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MelbuFrahma4
07/01/21 9:45:47 PM
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So we are now blind to any asteroids that might hit the earth damn.

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Zikten
07/01/21 9:47:20 PM
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MelbuFrahma4 posted...
So we are now blind to any asteroids that might hit the earth damn.

And this is why we should have been properly funding NASA all these decades. If we had supported NASA properly, we probably would be able to fix this issue with Hubble in a day or 2
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googs19
07/01/21 9:53:16 PM
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MelbuFrahma4 posted...
So we are now blind to any asteroids that might hit the earth damn.

That's not what they use Hubble for...
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Zikten
07/01/21 9:56:43 PM
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The stupid thing is the very people, boomers, who spent their childhoods being Enchanted with scifi stories of adventures in space, grew up to vote against funding that would make that happen

We likely would have colonies on Mars by now if we had never stopped funding NASA
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Questionmarktarius
07/01/21 10:37:37 PM
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Zikten posted...
We likely would have colonies on Mars by now if we had never stopped funding NASA
The shuttle boondogle is why NASA sucks.
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