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Hubble - now 66% more uselessness

2007, January 31 - 11:24am — Greg Kontos
Features: Current EventsCritical Path Innovation: Space ExplorationInstitutions: NASA

The Hubble Telescope permanently lost 2/3rds of its main camera after power supply problems caused an outage. The thing has been up there for 16 years at this point. I suppose that's not too bad. Although, in that 16 years it has seen more than it's share of problems.


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