Starting December 7, there were multiple instances where the telescope entered safe mode, which halted observations for a while.

> Oh when this person hits the workplace and finds out that average is excellence...

Spot on, hahaha.

Unfortunately, though, plot demands conflict, so of course something must go awry. Otherwise your tale is just a bland documentary following a fictitious series of events.

In terms of realism, whenever humans have any involvement in anything, there will be some mistakes that’ll look utterly ridiculous in hindsight. Just look at the glitch the ~$10B James Webb telescope suffered. If it happened in fiction, it’d be criticized for being a cheap plot device. Hard realism is an “unrealistic” mix of diabolus ex machina, diabolus ex nihilo, and deus ex machina.

What he meant to say is it happens to all synthetic life forms that go there

It’s a rock that looks like a rock