Another NASA space telescope shuts down in orbit

Another NASA space telescope shuts down in orbit ( phys.org )

submitted 2018-10-12T19:33 by oddlike777

8 comments

ijij5511 2018-10-14T20:15

Hubble is fake--it would have come down years ago from orbital decay if real, after phony space shuttle no longer able to boost its orbit

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dan_cleaner 2018-10-12T23:41

They are spending so much money. Is it really just for the advancement of knowledge?

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B3bomber 2018-10-13T01:48

Say that again after seeing the NSA/CIA official budget while knowing for every camera we have pointing away from Earth, they have some odd 20+ pointing at the surface.

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GhostSkin 2018-10-12T19:34

I've heard rumors of the major solar flare or some other kind of space weather that is heading our way.

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NakedWarrior 2018-10-13T01:37

Those events aren't really 'predictable" and the one satellite specific to a CMP alert only gives a 15-60 minute heads up.

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GhostSkin 2018-10-13T01:44

Solar activity can be viewed similar to a storm system on Earth. You can see activity increasing and trending towards a big event. An actual solar flare can be detected seven days in advance in some cases.

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NakedWarrior 2018-10-13T01:48

True, but I think CMPs are far more dangerous and you don't always get a CMP with a solar flare, plus its predicting the magnitude. Like hurricanes, sometimes they strengthen and sometimes they fizzle but we usually don't have a lot of warning which way they go.

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GhostSkin 2018-10-13T01:49

Trust me, we're all about to die.

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