Posted on 02/05/2018 10:44:26 AM PST by BenLurkin
A record-setting Russian spacewalk ended with a critical antenna in the wrong position Friday outside the International Space Station.
NASA’s Mission Control reported that the antenna was still working. Nevertheless, Russian space officials were convening a special team to see whether further action would be necessary. The antenna is used for communications with Russia’s Mission Control outside Moscow.
The trouble arose toward the end of the more than 8-hour spacewalk — the longest ever by Russians and the fifth longest overall — after Commander Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov successfully replaced an electronics box to upgrade the antenna.
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I’m not currently licensed for such actions, for the moment calling people out for their lack of vision will have to suffice:)
You have an active imagination.
What I meant to say was “assuming they had been well characterize prior to *installation*”. It is likely that all the data they took prior to installation was “meets spec.” In addition, they would have to have created a “control” group assembly and have it subjected to the same periodic temperature regime. I doubt their is a whole lot of valuable engineering data to be gotten from the old assembly.
Thank You! I think that is one of my best qualities:) Where would our country be without people who imagined things that others said were impossible?
You never did answer my question though... is Musk really going to shoot that roadster out of a rocket? If so... I really want to watch!
probably correct... thanks!
Doubt the station has seen the last of that box!
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