Canadarm2 May Get Arthroscopic Surgery

Posted by michael on Wednesday May 30, 2001 @10:13PM from the back-to-throwing-fastballs-in-no-time dept.

Soft writes: "Atlantis' rainsoaked tiles were barely dry when SpaceflightNow reported that the International Space Station's brand-new arm might have developed a problem in the Shoulder Pitch joint, which could require on-orbit replacement in what they call a "daring spacewalk". The incident could play havoc with the shuttle launch schedule, since the next mission, which was to deliver the station's big US airlock, requires a fully-functional arm there." There's another article about the malfunctioning arm at space.com.

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Tito! by deathcow · 2001-05-30 18:30 · Score: 5

You just know it was that Tito guy. Nasa's nightmare come true.. Tito's up there with nothing to do for an entire week, pretty soon he's flinging space garbage towards Florida with The Arm.

Tito looks around.. hums to himself nervously.. floats away quietly.