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paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 days ago

NASA’s Psyche Mission Looking Into Propulsion System problem. After a pressure drop in one of two lines feeding xenon gas to the spacecrafts thrusters, falling from 36 psi to ~26 psi.

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NASA’s Psyche Mission Looking Into Propulsion System problem. After a pressure drop in one of two lines feeding xenon gas to the spacecrafts thrusters, falling from 36 psi to ~26 psi.

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paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 days ago
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NASA’s Psyche Mission Looking Into Propulsion System - NASA Science
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Engineers with NASA’s Psyche mission are working to determine what caused a recent decrease in fuel pressure in the spacecraft’s propulsion system.
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  • Olap@lemmy.world
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    Gotta be a leak somwhere, meaning escaping thrust in an unknown trajectory too. Fingers crossed for the backup lines I’ll bet.

    • Hugin@lemmy.world
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      It could also be blockage in the line. It’s not uncommon in ion drives.

    • paulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOP
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      Gotta be a leak somewhere

      Leaks are never a good thing, hopefully the backup has enough xenon to complete the mission

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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    Probably picked up a nail.

    • paulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOP
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      Probably picked up a nail.

      I guess that’s a little better than picking up a hitchhiker ;)

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