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To: KevinDavis

STS-125 delay ,, major HST system failure

better it broke now than a day or two after they launched. ;-)


4 posted on 09/29/2008 1:07:56 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121)
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To: NormsRevenge

From what I read, they had a redundant component.

Side A failed.

Side B was switched on.

The system has no further backup for that component, but it still is working.

Yet, the article indicates it isn’t.

I IZ CUNFUZED.


5 posted on 09/29/2008 1:12:49 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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