paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to Space & Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agoNASA’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.science.nasa.govexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkNASA’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.science.nasa.govpaulhammond5155@lemmy.world to Space & Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squareOlap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoGotta be a leak somwhere, meaning escaping thrust in an unknown trajectory too. Fingers crossed for the backup lines I’ll bet.
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoIt could also be blockage in the line. It’s not uncommon in ion drives.
minus-squarepaulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days ago Gotta be a leak somewhere Leaks are never a good thing, hopefully the backup has enough xenon to complete the mission
Gotta be a leak somwhere, meaning escaping thrust in an unknown trajectory too. Fingers crossed for the backup lines I’ll bet.
It could also be blockage in the line. It’s not uncommon in ion drives.
Leaks are never a good thing, hopefully the backup has enough xenon to complete the mission