NASA Ends Attempts to Fully Recover Kepler Spacecraft, Potential New Missions Considered
Following months of analysis and testing, the Kepler Space Telescope team is ending its attempts to restore the spacecraft to full working order, and now is considering what new science research it can carry out in its current condition.
在今年五月，开普勒四个用于定位的飞轮中已经有两个失效。而经过数月抢救，科学家们试图修复至少一个飞轮的努力也已宣告失败。NASA只好终止开普勒的主要任务，接下来要视有没有足够有趣的备用方案，NASA 再决定要不要继续投入一年 1,800 万美元的费用维持运转。