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| Thread ID: 75172 | 2006-12-19 02:18:00 | Space station repair over NZ | netchicken (4843) | PC World Chat |
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| 507874 | 2006-12-19 07:06:00 | Does that mean we should wear safety helmets when we go outside ??? PJ:groan: Nah, don't bother yet, PJ (Unless you are VERY tall). |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 507875 | 2006-12-19 07:32:00 | Nah, don't bother yet, PJ (Unless you are VERY tall). Just normal. 6'1'' now, but 6'2'' when I did my Army medical at 21. I am also well built, handsome & intelligent, albeit with silver hair. You belive me, don't you?? PJ:D |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 507876 | 2006-12-19 08:00:00 | :cool: :cool: Thanks for the photo. A similar black and white one appeared in yesterday's Wellington newspaper. Reminds me of a joke about the Russian Mir space station from a cable TV host called Jay Leno. "Did you hear that the Mir Space Station got hit by a meteorite? It did six billion dollars worth of improvements." Jim |
Hhel (8073) | ||
| 507877 | 2006-12-19 08:36:00 | You belive me, don't you?? PJ:D But of course, any one with a government job that requires 65 yrs experience, 24 hr duty time, and a 365 day schedule is obviously as handsome, witty and trust-worthy as I am.:waughh: And with adult plumage too ! Hmm, change that to maybe, sometimes, but not just now. :) R2 |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 507878 | 2006-12-19 08:49:00 | What a fantastic photo. I was watching the feed while it passed NZ. | jermsie (6820) | ||
| 507879 | 2006-12-20 01:20:00 | The beauty about having someone working over your head in orbit is that if they drop a spanner it doesn't make you wish you had a helmet on . It just floats . It seems that the problems they were having with the solar arrays was friction stopping the string moving smoothly . String is wonderful stuff . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 507880 | 2006-12-20 01:58:00 | I watched the whole repair and refolding of the array whilst youse guys wuz asleep . There are three-strand cables that are the guides for the fan folded panels and one of the strands had broken and was fuzzed up in the works . . and hung up in the grommets on the ends of the panels as they tried to collapse the whole array . The astronaut was hitting the panels and gave them repeated shakes to try to get them back into the box . It was great to see from the helmet cams as he was hitting the cable and panels with a scraper and then a prybar to get them to go back to where they wanted them to go . The color of the blade on the scraper was bright red and you could see the tape they wrapped all over the handles to keep from causing an electrical spark and possible damage to the spacesuits . I was worried about the possibility of the bitter end of the broken cable perforating the spacesuit . . . but thankfully that didn't happen . The chatter between the two EVA'd astronauts and the station operators was fascinating . All in all . . . it was a great show . :nerd: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 507881 | 2006-12-20 04:40:00 | Turns out he would have about 10 seconds to 2 minutes of life if he was exposed to the vacuum of space xmb.stuffucanuse.com |
netchicken (4843) | ||
| 507882 | 2006-12-20 04:41:00 | American Space Technology Rulz | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 507883 | 2006-12-20 06:49:00 | Space station repair over NZ We should emphasise it was over someplace else when it was broken, the bill could be quite steep. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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