SPACE TELESCOPE OF NASA

As a former astronaut and a Space Shuttle manager weighed in on repair possibilities and the prospect of a remedy, the outlook for NASA's veteran Hubble telescope remained gloomy. Since last week's revelation that backup computer systems exhibited the same behavior as the primary payload computer system, NASA has kept silent on the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST) [login to view URL] Hubble's instruments are still in fine order, according to NASA, as engineers on the ground try to figure out how to get the payload computer back online. Anderson, a former Space Shuttle astronaut and current resident of the International Space Station (ISS), was queried by The Register whether he meant "not repairable in orbit" (as in the old Shuttle days) or "not recoverable." He said, "Both." His based in [login to view URL] Hale, a former NASA Flight Director and Space Shuttle Program Manager, discussed the issues NASA faced when the Shuttles were decommissioned without being replaced with anything that could match their [login to view URL], the author of "The Ordinary Spaceman," did not claim to have current NASA insider knowledge because he retired after STS-131, the Space Shuttle Discovery's penultimate and longest mission. Others, on the other hand, are bullish about the orbiting observatory's [login to view URL] The Register inquired about the status of the mission, NASA stated that an update was in the process, but in the meanwhile, "Onboard the Hubble Space Telescope, the Hubble operations team is trying to resolve a payload computer issue. "The team is gathering all relevant data in order to isolate the problem and decide the best course of action for returning the computer to service. At this time.