The Chandra X-ray spacecraft might quickly go dark, threatening a good deal of astronomy
A view of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory after being released by Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-93 objective on July 23, 1999. (Image credit: NASA)
Recently, a threatening letter was released to the Chandra X-ray Observatory's site. "Dear Chandra neighborhood," it begins, "As a lot of you know, the NASA spending plan for FY25 and beyond was launched ..."This letter was composed by Patrick Slane, director of the Chandra X-ray. In it, he's discussing NASA's spending plan proposition for the next couple of years. It's a budget plan that paints Chandra's future as a bleak one-- a budget plan that would leave Chandra's objective behind."For researchers who count on Chandra for their research study, the state of mind is among shock," Slane informed Space.com, "however the energy to press ...