We would seem to be ready -- to begin uploading the myriad commands required to remotely switch the voltage regulator to a back-up copy, and then in cascading fashion, re-route all related current flows, to the entire spacecraft, and ultimately switch on the backup payload computer. How soon, then, until we know whether it all worked? We would guess mid-next week.
. . .July 12, 2021 -- Review to Assess and Minimize Risks for Possible Switch to Backup Completed
NASA completed a review to assess all factors and minimize risks related to Hubble’s possible switch to backup hardware, which may occur later this week. Investigation into the cause of the payload computer issue is ongoing. . . .
Onward, ever grinning.
But now separately, there is new data that makes the lack of water vapor in the atmosphere -- at Venus -- within the limits of geological, not biological processes. More undiscovered country, then. . . .
नमस्ते
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