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SOHO's Antenna Jammed

Posted by michael on from the really-long-stick-needed dept.

zapp writes "Space.com has a story reporting that the communications antenna on SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) has been acting up for two weeks, and as of 3PM ET Thursday was not functioning properly. The problem appears to be with motor to position the antenna. If full use of SOHO cannot be regained, it will set space weather forcasting back 20 years."

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  1. Um, yeah. by jpsst34 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If full use of SOHO cannot be regained, it will set space weather forcasting back 20 years.

    You mean it will take us to a time when the forcasts aren't accurate, and they change at the last minute to relect what it's really going to do? Man, that would be terrible! Oh, wait...

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  2. Jammed? by BoBathan · · Score: 1, Funny

    Raspberry.

    There's only one man who would dare give me the raspberry.

    Lone Starr!!!

    --Travis

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  3. weather forcasting sucks by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 1, Funny

    If full use of SOHO cannot be regained, it will set space weather forcasting back 20 years.

    Which, if that's anything like earth weather forcasting, won't mean very much at all.

  4. SOHO's Antenna Jammed by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    "There's only one man in the universe who would DARE give me the raspberry..."

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    "Derp de derp."
  5. Space weather forecast by Saganaga · · Score: 3, Funny

    Space Weather Forecast:

    Today: Very cold, calm.
    Tomorrow: See above

  6. Time delay by Transcendent · · Score: 3, Funny

    If full use of SOHO cannot be regained, it will set space weather forcasting back 20 years.

    Well i supposed it would be interesting to find out the forecast for this weeks weather in 1983, but I don't see how the antenna can do that =\