PFS issue on Venus Express, PFS scanner stuck in its closed position |
PFS issue on Venus Express, PFS scanner stuck in its closed position |
Mar 21 2006, 09:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 12-September 05 From: France Member No.: 495 |
Bad news for PFS. I hope they will be able to solve this issue.
The PFS scanner is stuck in its closed position. Several attempts to move it were made at the time, but the instrument did not respond. Experts suspected a thermal problem by which low temperatures were blocking the rotation of the mechanism. Another attempt to move the scanner was made on 16 March 2006, in warmer flight conditions. Unfortunately, the scanner remains stuck. The next opportunity to perform another test on the spacecraft will be end of April, after the Venus Orbit Insertion. From http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/in...fobjectid=38964 |
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Mar 23 2006, 09:30 PM
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Well, you know, constant repetition is a very important tool in educating the slow...
By the way, I only got one chance to talk with members of the Solar System Decadal Survey -- during which, sure enough, one member thanked me for clearing up a misconception his subgroup had had (and printed in their first draft) about what New Horizons could do at Europa. (E-mail available on request.) See if any of YOU get invited to my Nobel Prize party. |
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Mar 24 2006, 12:47 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Well, you know, constant repetition is a very important tool in educating the slow... True, to a point -- but the Big Lie theory of ideological control also calls for the repetition of the lie, over and over, until it's been heard and repeated so often that it's accepted without question... Oh, and don't call those who legitimately disagree with you "slow" or "uneducated." Makes it sound more like you're pushing the Big Lie than it sounds like you're right. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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