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The Biggest ‘Oh No’ Moment in the Solar System - The final count of 344 single-point failures was the lowest they could manage. NASA has some creative contingency plans if a part glitches in space; engineers can shimmy the observatory, twirl it, even expose it to a little bit of sunlight...


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