The good news is, we'll have lots of time to study Europa while we're waiting.
Posted on 10/18/2016 12:33:39 AM PDT by blueplum
NASA's Juno Jupiter probe won't be settling into its final orbit around the giant planet this week after all.
Juno was scheduled to fire its main engine for the final time during the probe's close Jupiter flyby on Wednesday (Oct. 19), in a maneuver that would reduce the time it takes the spacecraft to circle the gas giant from 53 Earth days down to 14 days. But the mission team decided to postpone the burn in order to investigate an issue with valves that are part of Juno's fuel-pressurization system, NASA officials said.
"Telemetry indicates that two helium check valves that play an important role...
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The good news is, we'll have lots of time to study Europa while we're waiting.
Bad news... 1 billion down the tubes because of a ‘glitch’... Oh well.
Glitch’s are bad aliens that cause universal problems.
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