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PREVIEW Conversation in part with Bob Zimmerman of the last three gyros of the Hubble telescope, and what happens as the gyros wear down and wil not, cannot, be replaced: the Last of Hubble.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 4 minutes

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PREVIEW Conversation in part with Bob Zimmerman of the last three gyros of the Hubble telescope, and what happens as the gyros wear down and wil not, cannot, be replaced: the Last of Hubble.

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This is John Batcheter. conversation with my good friend Bob Zimmerman about

0:35.2

Hubble, the madly successful NASA robot now aging. Three gyros left. Bob explains what can be done with three gyros two gyros one gyro as the

0:49.5

Hubblecraft ages and cannot be repaired Many repair jobs have brought it to this state, but

0:56.1

gyros move and as Bob explains, when you move you wear out.

1:00.3

Yes, John, Hubble was originally given six gyroscopes.

1:05.8

Now to get, the gyroscopes basically help point the telescope and you want three

1:10.1

because that gives you pointing directions in three directions three

1:13.8

dimensions so if you have three drivers working you can point the telescope

1:17.6

with extreme position of course that's what Hubble needs because it's looking at

1:21.0

very tiny objects that are very faint and very far away

1:24.2

so it's got to be able to point really accurately and remember it's moving

1:28.0

seventeen thousand plus miles per hour in orbit around the earth so it's not just pointing it's also moving as it

1:35.0

points stay on target so you need at least three gyros it was given six originally

1:40.0

when it was launched those gyros have been replaced multiple times during the many

1:44.4

maintenance missions during the last maintenance mission in 09 which is now what 14

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