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Hope they can, we are the space race however. But one thing, I do think we got our money's worth out of her.

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Hopefully it will settle down. Hasn't it lasted longer than originally projected?

"On June 13, 2021, Hubble Space Telescope detected a problem in one of its computers, and went into “safe mode.” It shut down all non-essential operations, closed its hatch, and awaited engineers back on Earth to figure out how to fix it.

But that’s turning out to be harder than expected.

The initial problem seemed to be in a memory module in its payload computer, which organizes and controls the science instruments onboard the observatory: its cameras, if you will. There are five scientific detectors on board, plus three telescopes used to keep the observatory on track, so this computer performs a critical job.

If anything is going to help Hubble here, it’s redundancy."....

Even in space there are things that impact lifespan and performance