<story><title>Hubble is back</title><url>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/update-on-the-hubble-space-telescope-safe-mode</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>datahipster</author><text>Ha!&lt;p&gt;They were able to recover the failed backup gyroscope by executing a series of attitude maneuvers while switching between operational modes on the gyro.&lt;p&gt;They literally shook the spacecraft and turned the gyro off-and-on.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes you gotta bang on something to get it to work!&lt;p&gt;I would love to buy a beer for the mission operations team member who came up with that idea!</text></comment>
<story><title>Hubble is back</title><url>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/update-on-the-hubble-space-telescope-safe-mode</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ourmandave</author><text>From this link...&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;hubblesite.org&amp;#x2F;the_telescope&amp;#x2F;team_hubble&amp;#x2F;#hubbletime&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;hubblesite.org&amp;#x2F;the_telescope&amp;#x2F;team_hubble&amp;#x2F;#hubbletime&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Each year astronomers from dozens of countries vie for precious minutes of Hubble&amp;#x27;s unrivaled view of the cosmos.&lt;p&gt;A review committee made up of experts from the astronomical community determines which proposed observations address pressing scientific questions and make the best use of the telescope&amp;#x27;s capabilities.&lt;p&gt;Each year more than 1,000 proposals are reviewed and approximately 200 are selected, which represents roughly 20,000 individual observations.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I feel bad for all the projects that got delayed. I wonder if they&amp;#x27;ll be rescheduled, or have to be resubmitted or are just out of luck.</text></comment>