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Astronauts To Patch Up NASA’s NICER Telescope (science.nasa.gov)
submitted 9 months ago by Wilshire to c/space
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[–] Carighan 7 points 9 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 9 months ago

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

[–] wjrii 4 points 9 months ago

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

[–] jqubed 5 points 9 months ago

Sounds like the parts for the repair will launch on the Cygnus for NG-21, which will fly on a Falcon instead of Antares since the new Antares 300 isn’t ready yet.

[–] Boinkage 4 points 9 months ago

Nice