Hubble Space Telescope shutdown due to computer error

Back when I was in the tenth grade, the Space Shuttle Discovery carried one of the first Great Observatories into orbit: The Hubble Space Telescope. And…. we very quickly learned that the telescope had issues. Built in the 80s, and delayed by the Challenger accident in 1986, this telescope was already carrying an old computer when it launched. It was also carrying a flawed mirror… but we figured out how to fix that with corrective lenses, so no big deal. The scope entered its prime my second year of university, after the first servicing mission gave Hubble its…