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Astronauts To Patch Up NASA’s NICER Telescope (science.nasa.gov)
submitted 10 months ago by Wilshire to c/space
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[–] Carighan 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Should rename it the NICEST telescope afterwards.

... phew... got that out of my system. πŸ˜…

Hope they can get it done. From the description it sounds easy enough, if on a "spacewalk it, ezpz" level, of course.

[–] NocturnalMorning 4 points 10 months ago

Believe it or not, changing the name of a satellite...er, telescope costs money.

[–] wjrii 4 points 10 months ago

Probably wouldn't even bother if it weren't already the nicer one.