ISS May Have A Leak

Posted by timothy on Monday January 5, 2004 @05:58PM from the panicking-wastes-O2 dept.

Rio writes "The International Space Station is experiencing a slow, steady drop in air pressure, and American and Russian flight controllers are investigating possible causes of the leak. The Local 6 News report says Mission Control notified astronaut Michael Foale and cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri about the leak just before their bedtime late Monday afternoon. Mission Control first noticed the drop in pressure Jan. 1 and said the data showed a daily decline of about 2 millimeters of mercury. As of Monday, the pressure had declined a total of nine millimeters. That is equivalent to about one-quarter of a pound per square inch, said NASA spokesman James Hartsfield."

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Insane american units by Dion · 2004-01-05 18:19 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Argh, I hate these insane units that you guys keep using, mmHg? psi? let's have it in SI units like
pascal

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Re:Toolkit by JPriest · 2004-01-05 20:34 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I must be the only person I've met that didn't like that book.

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