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International Space Station Gyroscope Fails

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the tipsy-heavenly-bodies dept.

b00m3rang writes "Reuters reports that one of the three working gyroscopes that keep the international space station stable and in the right position stopped working, just hours after a new two-man crew moved in for a half-year stay."

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  1. what about redundancy by Cackmobile · · Score: -1, Troll

    Don't they have more than 1. What about backups.

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    1. Re:what about redundancy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      And if you'd step this way folks, we have her a veteran Slashdot user. He does not RTFA.

  2. Re:Beware of falling debris by dubdays · · Score: -1, Troll

    I can see it now: NASA seems to have temporarily lost contact with the International Space Station. They're currently working on restoring communications. [segway] In other news, a giant, smoldering turd was found floating in the South Atlantic earlier today. When asked about the phenominom, a local fisherman stated, "That's the biggest damn pice of crap I've ever seen." We'll have more on this as details become available. And, now, on to sports.....