NASA launches robot to save Swift telescope falling to Earth (bbc.co.uk) 3 points by ColinWright 10d ago ↗ HN
[–] johnathan101 10d ago ↗ Space maintenance feels like something we'll see much more of over the next decade. There are too many valuable satellites to treat them as disposable.
[–] rimworld 10d ago ↗ lol [–] ColinWright 10d ago ↗ In my circles, "lol" means "laugh out loud" ... but I can see no reason why you would react in that way to this article.Am I missing something? Can you explain or expand on that comment?
[–] ColinWright 10d ago ↗ In my circles, "lol" means "laugh out loud" ... but I can see no reason why you would react in that way to this article.Am I missing something? Can you explain or expand on that comment?
[–] voidUpdate 10d ago ↗ Latest update is that it is in orbit, which is a good sign (Not sure what the timeline of the mission is though) https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/2026/07/03/mission-to-b...A really good video about this rocket and its mission by Alexander the Ok: https://youtu.be/Up0LNTMPnjI
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A really good video about this rocket and its mission by Alexander the Ok: https://youtu.be/Up0LNTMPnjI