Snidely
2024-06-04 21:30:04 UTC
Per NASA newsconference, HST will begin operating in one-gyro mode.
Three gryos are dead, the three improved gyros are still operating but
one has been giving bad data from time to time, causing safe-mode
operations. This will be kept offline as "from time to time" becomes
more frequent.
Hubble annual operations about $95 million.
(The improvement is in corrosion resistance.)
(Questions were asked about the proposed Polaris reboost mission)
NASA participants were Mark Clampin, director of the Astrophysics
Division of the Science Mission Directorate, and Patrick Crouse,
project manager of Hubble Space Telescope at Goddard. About 6 minutes
of prepared presentation, and the remaining time, about 35 minutes, for
Q&A.
BTW, for an interview with Mark Clampin, especially looking forward to
the Habitable Worlds Observatory, see Dr Smethhurst's channel ...
/dps
Three gryos are dead, the three improved gyros are still operating but
one has been giving bad data from time to time, causing safe-mode
operations. This will be kept offline as "from time to time" becomes
more frequent.
Hubble annual operations about $95 million.
(The improvement is in corrosion resistance.)
(Questions were asked about the proposed Polaris reboost mission)
NASA participants were Mark Clampin, director of the Astrophysics
Division of the Science Mission Directorate, and Patrick Crouse,
project manager of Hubble Space Telescope at Goddard. About 6 minutes
of prepared presentation, and the remaining time, about 35 minutes, for
Q&A.
BTW, for an interview with Mark Clampin, especially looking forward to
the Habitable Worlds Observatory, see Dr Smethhurst's channel ...
/dps
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Trust, but verify.