re command loss timer re galileo update interesting question about galileo galileo s hga is stuck the hga was left closed because galileo had a venus flyby if the hga were pointed att he sun near venus it would cook the foci elements question why couldn t galileo s course manuevers have been designed such that the hga did not ever do a sun point after all it would normally be aimed at earth anyway or would it be that an emergency situation i e spacecraft safing and seek might have caused an hga sun point pat
