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Turns out fixing Hubble is like fixing Windows

Posted by John Hummel on October 15, 2008

A part of the Hubble telescope has failed, and NASA’s all set to fix it. And what amazing technical solution do they have for this? Will they do a space walk? Robotic arm?

This process is tricky, as it involves basically shutting everything down, then restarting it again.

So – it’s like a highly technical Control-Alt-Delete? Oh, I know – it’s more technical than that, but it’s the idea.

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