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Space Station Gets A Blanket

Posted by Hemos on from the warming-it-up dept.

imrdkl writes "I'll try geeks in space for this one, it doesn't seem to fit anything else to me. CNN reports that the Space station got some warming blankets installed on critical motors that control the solar wing. The geeky part in all this? Well, it took 4 hours to install 2 covers... dontcha know they were doing some sightseeing out there? :) Note the explicit and early mention of the Canadian Robot Arm, too."

5 comments

  1. Isn't that Canadian arm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    the one that drunk Canadian astronuts were slamming into other parts of the the ISS? No wonder we decided to cut out their funding.

  2. 4 Hours by lostindenver · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    $ hours to get tucked in.... Hell I dont even sleep that long. But it is nice to Know that a Multi Billion dollar peice of equipment is being kept warm by some 9.99 Blanket from the home shopping network HSN.COM (if you order in the next five minutes)

  3. Salud. Amor. Dinero! by nadie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    a canadian

  4. For respectability's sake by imrdkl · · Score: 1

    Well, sigh, we gave it a shot, eh Hemos? That lady-astronaut sounded really amazed tho, you gotta admit.

  5. erm... it's SPACE by banks · · Score: 1
    Well, it took 4 hours to install 2 covers... dontcha know they were doing some sightseeing out there

    erm. it's SPACE. sure, they did some sightseeing. but things take a LONG TIME to do in space. it's a side effect of things like there being no air and very little gravity. y'know. it would take you a long time wrap a blanket around a motor if you were weightless and wearing a bulky space suit.
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