Curiosity's mission is under threat of suspension, 97% of NASA employees went on vacation
The trouble came suddenly.
Agency ria.ru reports
The rover Curiosity, which is still continuing to perform tasks, will be indefinitely transferred to “protective sleep mode”. The launch of the Maven probe, previously scheduled for November 18, to Mars will probably also be postponed. Such a delay will lead to the transfer of the mission, the budget of which exceeds $ 670M, for 2016.
Only members of the operating crew of the international orbital station and a few specialists on the Earth who are responsible for the safety of the ISS and the proper functioning of the orbiting satellites remain in service.
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The Hubble telescope, launched in 1990, will continue to operate, but without connecting with a group of astronomers from the Baltimore Institute for the Space Telescope , due to the absence of the latter at work.
Agency ria.ru reports
Due to the absence of a compromise, the financing of the state apparatus in the United States ceased for the first time in 17 years. Formally, state institutions stopped work at midnight on Tuesday local time (08.00 Moscow time). Among the closed departments was the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States (NASA), which, by coincidence, celebrates its 55th anniversary today.
The rover Curiosity, which is still continuing to perform tasks, will be indefinitely transferred to “protective sleep mode”. The launch of the Maven probe, previously scheduled for November 18, to Mars will probably also be postponed. Such a delay will lead to the transfer of the mission, the budget of which exceeds $ 670M, for 2016.
Only members of the operating crew of the international orbital station and a few specialists on the Earth who are responsible for the safety of the ISS and the proper functioning of the orbiting satellites remain in service.
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The Hubble telescope, launched in 1990, will continue to operate, but without connecting with a group of astronomers from the Baltimore Institute for the Space Telescope , due to the absence of the latter at work.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/196050/
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