Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swap appears to fix glitch

Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by mLuby on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:42AM (#27856137)

I don't think it does. But what's to stop the whole (limited) crew from suiting up (without MMUs), slowly venting the interior air, doing the EVA, then returning and re-pressurizing the atmosphere from interior tanks? My guess is it's just uncertified for that procedure, not that it's impossible. And there's no recourse if one of the suits fail.

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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by p_l on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:44AM (#27856738)

There might also be not enough space to move with a full EVA suit - which is a wildly different thing from in-capsule survival suit.

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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by mikepurvis on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:12AM (#27856398)

This is how it worked for all of the capsule-based missions— the entire cabin space is the airlock.

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Re:Hubble telescope has new lease on life after computer swa... by rtkwe on Friday July 16, 2021 @07:12PM (#27862210)

Cabins were also much simpler back then there's a lot more to break in a modern capsule compared to Mercury and Apollo. Actual toilets for starters.

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