I’ll just start the eulogy now, just in case….
Hubble shut down earlier this month. The main computer was throwing error codes. Yesterday or the day before they fired up the backup computer. Same error codes. Highly likely it’s a hardware issue.
Just asked someone much in the know and there is no plans with NASA, SpaceX etc to service the Hubble again. Odds are they will just push to launch the James Webb observatory (years late and billions over budget) before this year is out. But that one doesn’t do all that Hubble does.
So…..it might just be that Hubble is finally done. In which case it can be said how amazing all the discoveries to come from this platform over the last 30 years were. This telescope took whole chunks of our theoretical knowledge of the Universe and cleared it up.
RIP?
Hubble shut down earlier this month. The main computer was throwing error codes. Yesterday or the day before they fired up the backup computer. Same error codes. Highly likely it’s a hardware issue.
Just asked someone much in the know and there is no plans with NASA, SpaceX etc to service the Hubble again. Odds are they will just push to launch the James Webb observatory (years late and billions over budget) before this year is out. But that one doesn’t do all that Hubble does.
So…..it might just be that Hubble is finally done. In which case it can be said how amazing all the discoveries to come from this platform over the last 30 years were. This telescope took whole chunks of our theoretical knowledge of the Universe and cleared it up.
RIP?