NASA Abandons Efforts to Save Ailing Swift Space Telescope NASA's decision to abandon efforts to save its aging Swift space telescope is a sobering reminder that even with significant investment, technological innovation can be fleeting.
The $30 million spent on raising the telescope to a safer orbit was intended to breathe new life into a mission that had tracked cosmic events for over two decades.
However, intense solar activity has forced numerous satellites and spacecraft to abandon their orbits prematurely.