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GarunixReborn t1_j5mn9bv wrote

Reply to comment by alvinofdiaspar in NASA suspends efforts to fully deploy Lucy solar array by ye_olde_astronaut

they could just retract it while the engines are operating, wouldn't that work?

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alvinofdiaspar t1_j5mpeh0 wrote

Don't quote me on this because I don't know the details of the mechanism - but I don't think it is designed to be retracted; it's supposed to be one of these do once and done kind of design.

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