Nasa Awards Company to Attempt Swift Spacecraft Orbit Boost
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NASA has awarded a company to attempt to boost the orbit of the Swift spacecraft, and the community is generally supportive of the news with little discussion.
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Especially with the Swift Observatory being 20 years old, and 1 gyroscope failure away from totally unusable - this seems more like a job for Jared Isaacman and a Dragon kitted for EVA.