Reading about the specs and the planned degradation of the gyros is a very interesting exercise in planned reduction of a service.
They know the gyros will eventually give out and they have contingency plans around what kinds of science they can continue to do even when they're down to 1 gyro.
Very impressive. I'm always discouraged hearing people say NASA is wasting money and science and that's just not true IMHO.
They know the gyros will eventually give out and they have contingency plans around what kinds of science they can continue to do even when they're down to 1 gyro.
Very impressive. I'm always discouraged hearing people say NASA is wasting money and science and that's just not true IMHO.