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Hubble Camera Shuts Down
Maggie McKee writes "Hubble's main camera is offline again, but the problem does not appear to be with its power supply, like it was this summer. This time, the issue seems to be the electronics on the sharpest of its three camera-like channels, the High Resolution Channel. NASA says the worst-case scenario is that the ACS could lose half the channel's field of view, so it would take longer to observe its targets. If the problems are truly unrelated, it's been an especially unlucky few months for this instrument!"
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Main screen turn on.
Never mind that fact that the Russain Soyuz craft was the main lifeline of the International Space Station (when the shuttle exploded), which space station, would not have been a reality if it were not for Russian participation.
just need some shut-eye because of watching the universe for too long
The website is offline again.
Maybe the camera got smacked by a lost bolt from the International Space Station?
Things aren't built to last forever. Anyone know what the envisioned life of the ACS is? (no pun intended)
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Yup, infection from aggresive space bacteria. Thats what you get when you dont use a self-cleaning mouse.
my capcha was condom
I bet NASA has some sweet solar vaporizers. Cosmic weed...? Did someone call p-funk or something?
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When you do though, ask a simple reality check question. With shuttle trips running on the order of a billion dollars these days, what will generate more actual scientific data? Squander those kind of funds on a rocket ride to fix the aging hubble, or, invest half of it in modern ground based observing infrastructure, then take the other half and feed it into the scientific welfare system known as grants over a period of 20 years.
Like the article says, its not that big a deal until we know if this malfunction is fixable. From TFA:
In other words, stay tuned for next exciting installment of 'Hubble, the incredible cyclops.'
my capcha was condom
"in-space-nobody-can-see-you-scream", taking a cheap shot at Hubble now are we? ;-)
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Let's see Dell get them a new battery up there then.
We have more important issues to deal with here down on earth. For example, spending BILLIONS every month to kill Iraqi's .. insurgents I mean, terrorists? Whatever... Fuck all of those brown people. God Bless America motherfucker. BTW, Have you forgotten about 9/11 ? What's your obsession with that goofy telescope? You've forgotten about 9/11! Fuck all floating shit in space, who's side are you fighting on anyways? Don't you love your country? If you do then how about getting with the program? Why don't you jump on the team and come on in for the big win? Son, all I've ever asked of my fellow americans is that they obey president Bush's wishes as they would the word of God. We are here to help the Iraqi's, because inside every gook there is an American trying to get out. It's a hardball world, son. We've gotta keep our heads until this peace craze blows over.
Hubble is and has been an amazing scientific instrument. While I do love the idea of sending people into space, I feel more and more that the money is far better spent on unmanned missions, including satellites like Hubble. Instead of figuring out how to send humans to Mars (and back to the moon), pour 25% of that budget into Hubble II and Hubble III (or whatever you'd want to call them) and the rest into unmanned probes/missions to Mars. It just feels to me like money well spent. Build two or three identical satellites. Yea, that's expensive, but if one goes south, you figure out why, fix it in the one sitting on the ground (if it's something that can be fixed/improved) and fire it up into orbit.
The Mars rovers and Hubble have been absolute bargains as far as new knowledge gained. That seems like the right model to follow.
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The main screen is showing a blue screen with white letters:
Sorry for the inconvenience - The M$-Hubble device manager has detected a problem and needs to be restarted.
The best bet would be to schedule in a repair stop during one of the space shuttle's remaining 13(?) scheduled space flights to deliver parts to the ISS. Otherwise, as valuable a tool as the hubble is, the cost just isn't worth it since the hubble's days are numbered as is. It just wasn't designed to last too much longer without a complete replacement.
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What kind of redundancy is built into these type of high visibility systems. Is it too much to ask for redundancy built into the telescope so that if one fails, the other system can take over ?
Seriously, people... Who cares what country they come from? Space exploration is ultimately the achievement of the people who are involved with it, not most Slashdotters, politicians, or others who just happen to be from the same arbitrary zone of political union.
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I'm not sure, but my Fault Prediction Center reports that the AE-35 unit may fail within seventy-two hours.
+1 Insightful!
yeah i got your last email and the answer is no!!!!! marticock should be enough for you now go die in a fire you fat son of a bitch!!!!
Mike broke the Hubble! Mike Broke the Hubble!
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The Hubble Origins Probe is the cheapest, easiest, and fastest way to replace the Hubble. And it doesn't even require the shuttle.
http://www.pha.jhu.edu/hop/
It's not that hard people. Call your senators and ask them why in the hell this isn't already in orbit.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
I blame to Lucian Alliance
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is it cos you all spend too long sat at 'puters, or what? get out more, please...
This is no where near the worst case scenario
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...it was the Chinese "lasers"!
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Blah blah blah, atmosphere this and that. Lets get off of our one track minds and develope other means of solving problems. So, the atmosphere is in your way. Do it the American way and blast the atmosphere out of the picture. We already have blur correction to deal with turbulance. I know I've seen Lasers used to litteraly create a hole in the atmosphere. I must admit I wasn't able to quickly find any articles on lasers used this way, however it may not be some magical Harry Potter crap as much as a more simple approach of simply blasting it out of the way. Blur correction http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050207.html http://www.afrlhorizons.com/Briefs/Sept01/DE0108.h tml
-BrianWGray
Wasn't China just caught shooting lasers at satellite cameras? coincidence?
Obviously China fired a laser beam at it and it fried (see story a couple articles up :-P)
Is it just me or is it not going to upgrade to Vista in here?
Running with the idea that we should invest elsewhere...why not tinker with the idea of repair robots? That way, whenever the Hubble breaks (which it seems prone to doing), we don't need to send a shuttle up. We either make the robots autonomous (which may be hard since I'm not sure about the diagnostic info Hubble can report), or make it so we can control them from one of our wonderful little command centers. They could either be solar powered, or the crew that installs them could probably fit some sort of docking/charge station on to the telescope without interfering with anything...if there is a docking station involved, it could probably also store small spare parts that the robots could use.
I know I'm simplifying the solution to a complicated problem, but hell. It's not like it couldn't be done. Just look at DARPA and their autonomous vehicle challenge.