NASA squeezed Treasury, vibe coded, and broke the mold in bid to save Swift
"We did some really, really cool stuff.
"We did some really, really cool stuff.
The short version
- I'm absolutely gutted we weren't able to get further."
- “We did some really, really cool stuff.
- The rescue mission was developed by Katalyst Space Technologies, working under a $30 million contract awarded by NASA last September.
What happened
NASA gave Katalyst nine months to build and launch a satellite to capture Swift flying some 200 miles above the Earth and boost it into a higher orbit. Katalyst’s rescue spacecraft, known as Link, successfully launched July 3 and completed some of its initial checkouts before a malfunction caused it to spin out of control a few weeks later.
Why it matters
NASA announced in August that Link would not be able to reach Swift as intended, and the rescue mission was aborted.
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