NASA Not Saving Space Telescope

ABC News Correspondent Jim Ryan talks about how the mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year. What was the reason behind the decision to call things off? What will happen to the telescope? When does re-entry happen next?

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