http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/ Engadget Comments for Space radiation knocks Giove-B Galileo satellite into "safe mode" http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/
Well, good working on the satellite and all, to not let the batteries run out when the nearest spare is behind a damn expensive trip.]]>Oct 1st 2008 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/
You don't know what could happen up there.

A satellite gets the BSOD.]]>Oct 1st 2008 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/not much better.

ON a S60 phone,
when you run out of juice,
it shuts off most programs to keep you talking
So I think that's quite a good idea.]]>Oct 2nd 2008 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/]]>Oct 1st 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/*I need a service call.
-Address please.
*Ummm, 40,000km straight up.
-That will be $39,000,000 per hour. What credit card would you like to use today?]]>Oct 1st 2008 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 2nd 2008 2:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/
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Moreover, it's not a bad thing when a satellite enters safe mode. It means that something unexpected happened, the spacecraft didn't know what to do and so responded by stopping activity and calling home. That is the appropriate response, and that's a good thing.

Engadget: gadgets are your domain. Not aerospace.]]>Oct 1st 2008 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/
This satellite was in no danger. Hubble's loss of comm/telemetry processing is a larger issue.]]>Oct 1st 2008 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/2) The writing on this story is just awful. By trying to be too witty and colloquial, it loses all readability. It would be awesome if Engadget writers actually had training in journalism and English composition.]]>Oct 1st 2008 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 1st 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/01/space-radiation-knocks-giove-b-galileo-satellite-into-safe-mode/Oct 2nd 2008 3:42AM