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#ISS: NASA plans for de-orbiting: What about selling the parts? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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com pricing shown. And John Bachelor, behind the blood, Bob Zimmerman, were going to Hubble the most successful

0:39.9

of all NASA robots, except the gyroscopes are wearing down with age and with success.

0:46.6

However, Bob, you've talked about the gyros before something that cannot be worked around by the engineers.

0:55.2

Right now they have a challenge ahead of them.

0:58.1

Three gyros, what does that mean for Hubble's capabilities? Good evening, yes John, Hubble has... capabilities. point the telescope and you want three because that gives you a pointing directions in three

1:14.8

directions, three dimensions. So if you have three drivers working you can point the telescope

1:19.5

with extreme precision. Of course that's what Hubble needs because it's looking at very tiny objects that are very faint. string 17,000 plus miles per hour in orbit around the Earth.

1:33.2

So it's not just pointing, it's also moving

1:36.5

as it points to stay on target.

1:38.8

So you need at least three gyros.

1:40.4

It was given six originally when it was launched.

1:43.2

Those gyros have been replaced multiple times

1:45.7

during the many maintenance missions.

1:47.4

During the last maintenance mission in 09,

1:49.9

which is now what, 14 years ago,

1:51.8

they gave trouble six new gyros all off the back.

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