It’s Time to Change Hubble’s Clock

Remember that Y2K thing a few years ago? Where everyone was afraid the world was going to end because computer programmers saved space by putting dates as… 77 for 1977, 85 for 1985, Or 90 for 1990? But then it became clear that when the year 2000 finally rolled around all of the computers would think it was actually 00. Or the year 1900.
Well, it turns out Hubble has something similar, only Hubble’s clock restarts every 6,213 days, 18 hours, 48 minutes, and 31.875 seconds. Or roughly every 17 years for those of you who like counting.
That’s because Hubble’s computers have a different way of tracking time than we have here on the ground. You’d think it would be as simple as synching our ground clocks with Hubble’s personal timepiece, but you’d be surprised!
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[@dylangtech]

"A few years ago" Bro that was nearly a quarter of a century ago... When I was 6 months old lol

[@OptimusOne]

34 years is more than a quarter century bro. Just saying.

[@dylangtech]

@@OptimusOne Twenty-four years, not thirty-four years

[@Dm3qXY]

That's exactly what Hubble Telescope thought as well...

[@ThatOpalGuy]

must be nice, being young.

[@Mark_Nadams]

That is if they can keep enough gyroscopes operational.

[@longboardfella5306]

It can work with one or even no gyros - but with a significant loss to science productivity. But it CAN still do useful science even then

[@Bobalicious]

Every seventeen years, like a cicada.

[@polarisproject1568]

A few years ago? more like 24 years ago.

[@InstantlyGratified]

So why not tell us how they plan to update it so it is still accurate? If they have done it before then why not describe that process if this one is somehow different?

[@ImmortalAbsol]

4:05

[@FateDarkess]

@@ImmortalAbsol LOL XD

[@ericjohnson2193]

Can you have someone tell us what sort of code changes you make to do this?
Does everything that cares about time have a check like `if time < 2^16 ...`

[@Derpy1969]

Need a clock. Needs new gyros. Needs an oil change and a tuneup.

[@crabnix]

You forgot new RIMS. Gotta rice that baby up

[@ThatOpalGuy]

we need to keep this telescope running.

[@smarteveryday1606]

is hubble a good boy ?

[@Erik-rp1hi]

Scary how James Webb Telescope can't be serviced.

[@ridethecurve55]

Long Live Hubble!

[@v.s.naaviinesh]

Do you need my atomic stratum 1 server domain? xD

[@Levrai69]

♥️

[@Rmm1722]

Cool

[@roguegalaxy8758]

💫🙇‍♀️💕”..Hubble!”😍

[@rollinwithunclepete824]

So NASA did it once... will it any different this time?

[@ArtDocHound]

⏰🐇🌌

[@TMBARD]

Hubble can't think at all. It's a robot 3:16 When this kind of language is used, it makes me wonder how idiotic these Uranus probing nerds actually are.

[@duran9664]

This video is extremely depressing 😒

[@caroline9850]

$

[@octopusman1341]

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