Railcar on space station stalls on tracks

Houston Chronicle ^ | November 30, 2002 | Associated Press

[snopercod]

Alien put a penny on the tracks?

(FR doesn't have a "Locale" for Low Earth Orbit, so I chose Texas instead.)

[Cold Heat]

Is not Texas big enough?

LOL!

[Rockitz]

FR doesn't have a "Locale" for Low Earth Orbit, so I chose Texas instead.

Appropriate since it is operated from JSC near Houston. Can't bring myself to spell out JSC.

[No Truce With Kings]

Duct tape. The handyman's secret weapon.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

They should've done what i did.Parked em in my yard.

[InvisibleChurch]

what are they doing with a train in outerspace? what a way to run a railroad

[July 4th]

Yet another disaster for "light rail." :)

[prisoner6]

Here's what happened. The rails already in place wre buit using SAE measurements. The new track used metric, hence it is slightly narrower guage. When the railcar crossed onto the new (narrower) track there was a binding of the wheels between the two rails.

Really.

prisoner6

[primeval patriot]

An umbilical on the car snagged a UHF antennae.

The antennae was in a "stowed" position so now they're trying to deploy it and clear the rail.

I've been watching it live on NASA TV.

[FReepaholic]

>>...The rails already in place wre buit using SAE measurements. The new track used metric...<<

Lockheed again??

[Willie Green]

Yet another disaster for "light rail." :)

The Space Station is using antiquated Russian technology.
They should be using Maglev.

[snopercod]

Thanks for the information. Sounds simple to fix.

[snopercod]

The "New posts to you" function is broken right now (at least for me. Maybe Jim_Rob set the "invisible" flag on my account again). Eventually you may see this flag.

[dalereed]

No doubt built by FORD! Fix Or Repair Daily or it will be Found On Road Dead

[snopercod]

Duct tape.

They actually carry something similar on the Shuttle. I don't recall the number, but it's fiberglass reinforced teflon with an adhesive that won't leave a residue on the shuttle parts. It's like $50-$100 a roll, as I recall.

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

The rails already in place wre buit using SAE measurements. The new track used metric, hence it is slightly narrower guage.

Please tell me you are just joking.

[Arkie2]

The ISP serves the sole purpose of keeping Astronauts employed and the American public under the illusion we have a space program. It should be de orbited and tickets sold to see the light show. At least the taxpayers could recover some money that way.

[upchuck]

They've got Amtrack running on the space station? You've got to be kidding me.

I'll make a prediction: even in zero gravity, it'll still loose money.

[rs79bm]

A better name for this would be "ISS Transport Mover". But not "Rail Car". A rail car is something I see rolling down the rail road tracks with illegal immigrants piled in the back.