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Hack in Space

Posted by michael on from the paperclips-and-chewing-gum dept.

MelloDawg writes: "From the press release: NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) spacecraft, which some had given up for dead in December after critical guidance components failed, was returned to full operations when the team developed an innovative new guidance system. The system uses a complex new set of procedures that lets controllers use electromagnets in the satellite to push and pull on the Earth's magnetic field. Details of the mission are online."

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  1. [OT]Re:blah by doooras · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    here I am sitting 2 am in the morning

    As opposed to 2 am in the afternoon?

    1. Re:[OT]Re:blah by Little+Billy+Gates · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      well I am a little tired and frustrated, smartass. wow. and he got modded up. admins been drinking as well.