paulhammond5155@lemmy.world to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months 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-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareOlap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoGotta be a leak somwhere, meaning escaping thrust in an unknown trajectory too. Fingers crossed for the backup lines I’ll bet.
minus-squarepaulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago Gotta be a leak somewhere Leaks are never a good thing, hopefully the backup has enough xenon to complete the mission
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt could also be blockage in the line. It’s not uncommon in ion drives.
Gotta be a leak somwhere, meaning escaping thrust in an unknown trajectory too. Fingers crossed for the backup lines I’ll bet.
Leaks are never a good thing, hopefully the backup has enough xenon to complete the mission
It could also be blockage in the line. It’s not uncommon in ion drives.