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Mirror Jams on Venus Express Spacecraft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-one-man-would-dare-give-me-the-raspberry dept.

tsarina writes "The European Space Agency is trying to fix a stuck instrument on its Venus Express spacecraft. A mirror in front of its interferometer is not pointing in the right direction, making it useless until it is moved. Managers hope to fix the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer this week. An identical instrument on the Mars Express probe has also acted up, but it is currently working properly.""

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  1. Re:With the string of bad luck the ESA has had, by Monkeys!!! · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Let's do that! I'm happy with having a vital industry existing in a market with very little competition. That's sure to encourage progress and foster innovation! /sarcasm