SPACE BLACKOUT

october 2018 was a strange month in space news. At one point all of our visual and xray observation tools were down within our solar system; Kepler, Chandra, Hubble, including the mars rovers Curiosity & Opportunity. this was all after elon musk announced a plan to explore the dark side of the moon and establish "moonbase alpha". the next day the SEC began an attempt to remove him from his company, during that time, NASA announces their plan to go to the dark side of the moon and establish a base. here is a timeline with post date and references.

OPPORTUNITY: (6/10 - RIP) no power-sandstorm
OFFLINE:
(8/19) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-rsquo-s-opportunity-rover-still-silent-on-mars/

CURIOSITY: (9/15 - RIP) glitch-memory issues
OFFLINE:
( 9/22) https://www.space.com/41905-curiosity-mars-rover-computer-glitch.html
(10/14) https://gizmodo.com/there-may-still-be-hope-for-nasa-s-sleeping-opportunity-1829740036
(10/31) https://www.scoopseek.com/nasa-will-continue-to-try-contacting-stalled-mars-rover-opportunity/

ELON MUSK: (9/26- 9/27) ambitions- too based
ONLINE:
(9/26) ANNOUNCES PLAN TO EXPLORE THE DARKSIDE OF THE MOON AND ESTABLISH MOONBASE ALPHA
OFFLINE:
(9/27) SEC CHARGES TESLA WITH SECURITY FRAUD
(9/27) NASA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO EXPLORE THE DARKSIDE OF THE MOON AND ESTABLISH MOONBASE

KEPLER: (10/1 - RIP)sleep mode- fuel conservation
OFFLINE:
(10/1) https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1515/kepler-space-telescope-placed-in-sleep-mode/

HUBBLE: safe mode-gyroscope failure
OFFLINE:
(8/08) http://hubblesite.org/news_release/news/2018-50
ONLINE:
(10/27) https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/update-on-the-hubble-space-telescope-safe-mode

CHANDRA (10/10-10/21) safe mode- gyroscope failure
OFFLINE:
(10/12) https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/278793-nasas-chandra-x-ray-observatory-goes-OFFLINEjust-a-week-after-hubble
ONLINE:
(10/24) https://www.space.com/42244-nasa-chandra-x-ray-observatory-resumes-science-operations.html

ISS SUPPLY SHUTTLE (10/11-12/3) rocket failiure
FAILED:
(10/11) https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/10/news-soyuz-rockets-accidents-iss-roscosmos-nasa-space/
SUCCESS:
(12/03) https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/2/18117849/nasa-roscosmos-soyuz-fg-rocket-international-space-station