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Hubble Telescope's Main Camera Shuts Down

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the always-on-the-fritz dept.

anthemaniac writes "Space.com is reporting that the aging observatory's primary camera, the ACS, has been in safe mode since the weekend. From the article: 'An initial investigation indicates the camera has stopped functioning, and the input power feed to its Side B electronics package has failed.' The camera has shut down before and been revived."

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  1. power failure? by thedarknite · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe they shouldn't have installed Sony batteries in the camera.

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  2. How is privatized better? by gelfling · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How is Globeco Space Dynamics a wholly owned subsidiary of Pepsico-Halliburton-Virgin Atlantic-ELF Aquitane going to worry about some damn space telescope for a bunch of scientists who don't have any money? Are you guys high? Seriously

  3. Not a troll - legitimate point by bacon55 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Having the datastream (raw, not the processed images), from NASA satellites freely available would eliminate any chance that they might try to "protect" us from something we may or may not be ready for. Chances are (and its 1000-1), that this has never occured, but honestly...if they DID see something strange, really strange, would they show us? The answer is they probably wouldn't, not unless we were "ready".