NASA Engineers Question ISS Safety

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NASA Engineers Question ISS Safety

Posted by michael on Thursday October 23, 2003 @07:22AM from the in-the-event-of-a-water-landing dept.

Atryn writes "New Scientist is reporting concerns over deteriorating equipment on ISS. ISS will celebrate another anniversary on Nov 2 marking its 3rd complete year. This story was also covered on CNN International and covered on Space.com."

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They just don't make em like they use to.... by reality-bytes · 2003-10-23 07:26 · Score: 5, Funny

Good grief, safety concerns over equipment after just three years!

Its not like back in my day (Mir era) - All they had to do back then to keep things ship-shape was to put a coin in the meter and remember to wind up the master computer every day.....

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Simple as updating the systems by h8macs · 2003-10-23 07:28 · Score: 2, Funny

They simply need to upgrade to the latest version of windows to have 99.999 uptime! ;-)

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Re:Too bad by sssmashy · 2003-10-23 07:34 · Score: 2, Funny

I usally look DOWN to find Velcro. That's where my sneakers are.
Re:Too bad by Dark+Lord+Seth · 2003-10-23 07:36 · Score: 2, Funny

Where do you think Velcro came from?

Cheap sweat-shops in Thailand?

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Obligatory joke... by Ivanova · 2003-10-23 07:39 · Score: 2, Funny

In Soviet Russia, the space stations degrade you!

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IIS Safety by Brandybuck · 2003-10-23 07:42 · Score: 2, Funny

Am I the only one who read the headline as "NASA Engineers Question IIS Safety," and said to himself, "Duh!"

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Re:How Safety works. by DrEldarion · 2003-10-23 07:44 · Score: 2, Funny

10. ???
11. Profit!

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Re:Too bad by Joe+the+Lesser · 2003-10-23 07:50 · Score: 2, Funny

'And lo, St.Velcro said unto the masses, let there be a substance which is fuzzy on one side and scratchy on the other, so that when pressed together it would take significant more force to pull them apart, and so the Lord took from the clouds a soft fuzzy substance, and took from the earth a scratchy hooked substance, and it was good.' Book of Velcro, 3:12-23.

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