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Troubled Hubble Gets a Fix
 Troubled Hubble Gets a Fix 

Troubled Hubble Gets a Fix

Tech issues shut down telescope for 3 weeks

(Newser) - The malfunctioning Hubble Space Telescope could resume its space photography tomorrow, the Los Angeles Times reports. NASA scientists have reconfigured software that shut down the telescope last week. “There does not appear to be any permanent damage,” said a Hubble manager. “We're ready to resume recovery.”...

NASA Scrambles to Fix Ailing Hubble

Engineers will reboot dormant systems

(Newser) - NASA engineers will work around the clock in a bid to revive the ailing Hubble Telescope by activating a back-up system that has lain dormant for 20 years, reports Space. com. The mammoth telescope has been unable to send images to earth for weeks since a relay system malfunctioned. If...

$700B Goes a Long Way in Space&mdash;and on Earth
$700B Goes a Long Way
in Space—and on Earth
ANALYSIS

$700B Goes a Long Way in Space—and on Earth

Bailout bucks could fund 7 space stations, pay salaries for 16M teachers

(Newser) - With the Treasury Department now in charge of figuring out what holes to plug with its $700 billion in bailout bucks, the San Francisco Chronicle takes a look at what else that money could do. Some highlights:
  • Hire 16,062,414 public-school teachers.
  • Pay the average weekly wages of 22
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