Farewell, Spitzer Space Telescope! NASA shuts down prolific observatory.

[Admin]

One of NASA's great telescopes will go offline today (Jan. 30) after 16.5 years of observations that helped to paint a more complete picture of the universe.

Farewell, Spitzer Space Telescope! NASA shuts down prolific observatory. : Read more

 

[Admiral Lagrange]

I was really hoping they would park the Spitzer at a Lagrange point for future explorers to marvel at.
Spitzer also carries some great parts that could be scrapped and used at a later date. Other things like "material exposure" could be done on it too.

 

[rod]

One of NASA's great telescopes will go offline today (Jan. 30) after 16.5 years of observations that helped to paint a more complete picture of the universe.

Farewell, Spitzer Space Telescope! NASA shuts down prolific observatory. : Read more

Users of MS WWT have Spitzer images to enjoy in this astronomy application.

 

[Grinning Bandicoot]

With the bulk of the cost being in the lift from Earth I have long held this thought and pushed pt in other places of the Lagrange positions as the local junk repository. Ask any electronic tech about the value of the junk drawer in experiments. We are wasting a valuable resource returning used, broken gear to Earth rather than orbital storage or if all else fails the Moon.

 

[Stephen J. Bauer]

I always enjoyed the unique perspective and images provided via the Spitzer Space Telescope. Hopefully we can get some moon based telescopes to continue this expertise.