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James Webb Space Telescope maintenance
Are they going to abandon the
James Webb Space Telescope when its batteries and gyros wear out? NASA's associate administrator for space science, Ed Weiler, was considering making the telescope modular and using telemanipulators to replace its worn-out parts. |
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James Webb Space Telescope maintenance
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Andrew Nowicki wrote: Are they going to abandon the James Webb Space Telescope when its batteries and gyros wear out? That's the baseline plan, yes. Although its batteries should not see substantial use -- it will be in continuous sunlight -- and gyros don't necessarily have to have moving parts. (Remember that Hubble is a 1970s design.) NASA's associate administrator for space science, Ed Weiler, was considering making the telescope modular and using telemanipulators to replace its worn-out parts. I believe they have explicitly rejected major redesign of the telescope to facilitate robotic servicing. Now, that doesn't completely preclude robotic servicing, but it does limit the possibilities, given the primitive state of robotics technology. -- "Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend." | Henry Spencer -- George Herbert | |
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