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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. magnets .... by Oizoken · · Score: 0, Troll

    how much morons would have taken it this time to figure that one out? ;-) as much as they needed to screw in their new light-bulb at the mess-hall? seems they discovered to make all those refrig magnets they send out there have some use after all!

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  2. It was fun having karma by Inthewire · · Score: 0, Troll

    Then I realized my foodstamps are worth more.

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    1. Re:It was fun having karma by Inthewire · · Score: 0, Troll

      ...but I love slashdot.
      It gives me my identity...when looking down on someone, I always start with yeah, so I was reading slashdot and someone said...

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  3. Re:NASA these days by Metrollica · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes, that's all very well and good, but that is on earth. NASA is called the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for a reason.

    NASA used to do stuff like send men to orbit or the moon and test new innovative aircraft. Now they send people up in the space shuttle, and drop them back down. I wish they'd do something interesting again like colonize the moon or something.

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  4. NASA is this interesting by Metrollica · · Score: 0, Troll

    The channel Homer happened to flick to shows two men talking about the
    impending launch of the space shuttle.

    Tom: It's a lovely day for a launch, here, live at Cape Canaveral, at
    the lower end of the Florida Peninsula, and the purpose of
    today's mission is truly, really electrifying.
    Man 2: That's correct, Tom. The lion's share of this flight will be
    devoted to the study of the effects of weightlessness on tiny
    screws.
    Tom: Unbelievable, and just imagine the logistics of weightlessness.
    And of course, this could have literally millions of applications
    here on Earth -- everything from watchmaking to watch repair.
    Homer: Boring.
    [tries to switch channels, but the batteries fall from the
    remote control]
    No! The batteries!
    Tom: Now let's look at the crew a little.
    Man 2: They're a colorful bunch. They've been dubbed "the Three
    Musketeers". Heh heh heh --
    Tom: And we laugh legitimately. There's a mathematician, a different
    _kind_ of mathematician, and a statistician.
    Homer: Make it stop! [panics]
    Bart: Oh no, not another boring space launch. Change the channel.
    Change the channel!
    Homer: I can't! I can't!
    [Bart dives for the plug and tears it from the wall]
    [He and Homer both sigh]

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  5. Re:NASA's troubles by keller · · Score: 0, Troll
    would we have gone to the moon had the Russians not been trying to beat us there?

    Well, we never did go to the moon now, did we?

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