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Looks like Kepler has gone tits up

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Looks like Kepler has gone tits up
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RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up
May 16, 2013 at 8:08 pm
(May 15, 2013 at 7:50 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: The Kepler space telescope has lost another reaction wheel. This is the second one to fail. It needs three to operate. It only had four to start with. 4 - 2 = $600 million worth of space junk.

Perhaps it could serve for a little while longer at diminished capacity if it had attitude thrusters and fuel for them.
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Looks like Kepler has gone tits up

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Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by popeyespappy - May 15, 2013 at 7:50 pm
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Gnosis - May 15, 2013 at 8:08 pm
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Godschild - May 16, 2013 at 6:15 pm
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Jackalope - May 16, 2013 at 6:17 pm
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Godschild - May 16, 2013 at 9:38 pm
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Jackalope - May 16, 2013 at 11:41 pm
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Godschild - May 17, 2013 at 12:45 am
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by starchild - May 18, 2013 at 11:56 am
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Godschild - May 18, 2013 at 10:03 pm
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Baalzebutt - May 16, 2013 at 6:19 pm
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by LastPoet - May 18, 2013 at 2:46 pm
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Anomalocaris - May 16, 2013 at 8:08 pm
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Godschild - May 16, 2013 at 10:58 pm
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Minimalist - May 17, 2013 at 12:21 am
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Minimalist - May 17, 2013 at 2:10 am
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by pocaracas - May 17, 2013 at 6:12 am
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Psykhronic - May 18, 2013 at 10:42 pm
RE: Looks like Kepler has gone tits up - by Minimalist - May 18, 2013 at 10:44 pm

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