WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — NASA ne private companies se Hubble Space Telescope ko bachane ke liye tajaweez talab ki hain, jo 36 saal baad bhi acha kaam kar raha hai lekin 2033 ya 2034 mein zameen par wapas girne ke raste par hai.
29 October ko jari ki gayi darkhwast mein idare ne Hubble ki khala mein servicing ke liye tajaweez maangi hain, jis ka matlab us ka orbit oopar uthana ho sakta hai, jo fazai rukawat ki wajah se aahista aahista neeche aa raha hai, ya yahan tak ke us ki salahiyaton mein behtari bhi. NASA ne kaha ke aisa koi bhi mission 2032 mein karna hoga. Darkhwast mein doosre option ki gunjaish bhi rakhi gayi hai, yaani telescope ki zindagi ke aakhir mein mehfooz aur control shuda re-entry.
NASA ke administrator Jared Isaacman ne, jin ki 2022 mein aik niji shehri ke taur par SpaceX hardware ke zariye marammat mission ki tajweez mustarad kar di gayi thi, kaha ke idare ko "har munasib mauqe par nazar rakhni chahiye taake yeh jitni der mumkin ho nateeje deta rahe". Unhon ne X par likha: "Hubble is ka haqdar hai."
April 1990 mein European Space Agency ke saath launch kiye gaye Hubble ki space shuttle ke astronauts ne paanch baar servicing ki, aakhri baar 2009 mein. Is ne yeh dikhane mein madad di ke kainat ke phailao ki raftar barh rahi hai, aur is ke mushahidat se kam az kam 23 hazaar ilmi maqalat tayyar hue hain. Mahireen-e-falakiyat ab bhi us se taqreeban saat guna zyada mushahide ka waqt maangte hain jitna woh de sakta hai.
NASA is tarah aik aur telescope khone ke qareeb hai: is ka Swift observatory bachao mission nakam hone ke baad Juma ke aas paas zameen par wapas girne ki tawaqqo hai.
