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    paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months 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 · 2 months ago
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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.

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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

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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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