Russia wants to restart Germany's black-hole searching space telescope

space.com ^ | Tereza Pultarova

[BenLurkin]

The telescope, called eROSITA and mounted on the Russian Spektr-RG spacecraft, scans the sky for sources of X-ray radiation (black holes and neutron stars) and works in tandem with Russia's ART-X instrument that searches for supermassive black holes.

Russian scientists involved in the cooperation reportedly criticized the idea, saying that restarting eROSITA without German participation could damage the telescope.

"The telescope was turned off not by the Germans, but by Russian specialists at the request of Germany," Rogozin wrote in the unverified post, which is dated June 6. "Russian astronomers need a working observatory, not a de-energized piece of iron and glass dangling a million and a half kilometers [900,000 miles] from Earth."

Legally, the situation seems a bit murky. Russia, which launched the Spektr-RG spacecraft, is also registered as its only owner in the United Nations registry of space objects(opens in new tab), Christopher Johnson, a space law adviser at the Secure World Foundation, told Space.com.

[OrangeHoof]

Sounds racist...

[algore]

In my eyes, indisposed
In disguises no one knows

Hides the face, lies the snake
The sun in my disgrace

Boiling heat, summer stench
‘Neath the black the sky looks dead

Call my name through the cream
And I’ll hear you scream again

Black hole sun
Won’t you come
And wash away the rain

Black hole sun
Won’t you come
Won’t you come (won’t you come)

Stuttering, cold and damp
Steal the warm wind tired friend

Times are gone for honest men

And sometimes far too long for snakes
In my shoes, a walking sleep
And my youth I pray to keep

Heaven sent hell away
No one sings like you anymore

Black hole sun
Won’t you come
And wash away the rain

Black hole sun
Won’t you come
Won’t you come

Black hole sun
Won’t you come

[Deaf Smith]

Space law advisor?

Would guess that it is a part time job or a hobby.

[DesertRhino]

Unbelievably childish of the Germans to shut down a space telescope because they are mad about someone invading Ukraine.
And of all people to wag their fingers about someone being violent in Ukraine.Germany should really STFU up for several more decades after unleashing Prussian bureaucracy, Marxism and Nazism on the world.

[EEGator]

Isn’t this how Event Horizon eventually happens?

(Sam Neill movie)