16-April-2008, 05:28 PM
|
 |
Vulcan Administrator
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Greenbelt, MD
Posts: 26,491
|
|
Controllers working to keep Ulysses sun orbiter alive
Quote:
|
Scientists continue to extract bits of data trickling to Earth from the Ulysses solar probe as ground controllers employ new strategies to extend the life of the 17-year-old spacecraft, including a "long shot" plan to put the observatory in hibernation until the sun's activity reaches its next peak in 2013.
|
__________________
Everything I need to know I learned through Googling.
|