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Kepler Exoplanet Hunter Spacecraft at Risk


NASA's
 $600 million Kepler Space Telescope, a leading player in the hunt for 
Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars, has been sidelined by 
problems with stabilizing gyroscopic reaction wheels needed to hold the 
spacecraft and its 95-megapixel camera precisely on target, NASA 
managers said Wednesday.

http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2013/05/kepler-exoplanet-hunter-spacecraft-at.html
 
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Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org >
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SpaceWatchtower Blog: < http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/ >


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