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Space Station Slowly Falling Apart?

Posted by michael on from the baling-wire-and-duct-tape dept.

Yoda2 writes "MSNBC discusses debris apparently seen by the crew floating away from the International Space Station. From the article, 'Such debris may include fragments of insulation, labels and possibly important components.' Yikes! Many of these quotes seem appropriate."

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  1. Uh, dude. by bad+enema · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's the INTERNATIONAL Space Station. So you can't go blaming the Americans even though they do contribute the bulk of the efforts towards the project.

  2. What would Scotty say... by Gil2796 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... if the Enterprise were ever let to run down to such a state?!

    It wouldn't be pretty...

  3. Re:So... by foistboinder · · Score: 5, Insightful
    So what we're saying is, Mir was actually pretty damn good.

    No kidding. You could crash things into it and set it on fire and it was still usable!

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  4. it's what you expect when... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    everything these days is built to the minumum specifications by the lowest bidder...

    Now who's up for that one-way trip to Mars???

  5. Re:get a clue... by geekoid · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Vehicals in orbit are falling, they just have enough forward velocity to miss.

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  6. Re:Scotty quotes? by secolactico · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm supposed to be in the middle of a big project, typing away furiously, and suddenly my speakers burst out with "Hello, Computer"!

    Which is why I always keep my sound card in "mute" while at work, unless I need to use it for something specific.

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