格雷格·福思一到站里，立刻就把他的小手伸进了这个小孔并把油脂涂抹在已经失效轴承的四周。

Once at the tracking station, Greg reached into the tiny hole and packed grease around the failed bearing.

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因此查里斯·福思想出了一个创造性的解决方案：如果能够在失效的轴承四周多放一些润滑油脂，这样可能会使轴承的运转情况会有所好转。

So Charles Force thought of a creative solution: If he could get more grease around the failed bearing, it would probably be fine.

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可是执行这个办法的最后的一个困难在于站里没有一个人的手臂小到可以伸进这个只有2.5英寸的开孔，他们无法把油脂涂抹到轴承的四周。

The only problem was, nobody at the station had an arm small enough to actually reach in through the two-and-a-half inch opening and pack grease around the bearing.

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