| Y2K problem
looms in Hubble repair
If a shuttle
mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope doesn’t go up as planned
in December, it could face a Y2K computer problem.
Further Readings:
Cowen, R. 1999.
Trying to avoid Hubble trouble. Science News 155(March 27):203.
Peterson, I. 1999.
Year-2000 chip danger looms large. Science
News 155(Jan. 2):4.
Additional
information about the Hubble mission can be found at http://hubble.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview.html.
Sources:
Steven Beckwith
Space Telescope Science Institute
3700 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
Denny Holt
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX 77058
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 19, November 6, 1999, p. 294. Copyright © 1999,
Science Service. |