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ISS Spacewalk Cut Short

Posted by michael on from the practice-in-breath-holding-pays-off dept.

RobertB-DC writes "The spacewalk that was intended to replace a balky power supply ended almost before it started, according to Spaceflight Now's Mission Status Center play-by-play. The Russian Orlan spacesuit worn by US astronaut Mike Fincke developed a problem with its oxygen supply (!), forcing both spacewalkers back to the airlock after less than 15 minutes. Mission control and the ISS crew are still debating what to do next."

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  1. Mike... by maxbang · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I can read lips, Mike.

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  2. har by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Communist Russia the Space Suits control you!

  3. Re:Just remember by maxbang · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nor can they hear you fart.

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  4. Balky? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Balky? Wasn't that the guy from Perfect Strangers?

  5. I had to. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, Russian Orlan spacesuits wear YOU!

  6. Re:Look out! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Though the referee made them go back outside again for pushing in the airlock.

  7. Re:What to do next. by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Shut up mr Bush!

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  8. In Soviet Russia ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Microsoft IIS" failures you!!!

  9. Re:Russian space suits... by Rei · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Part of it, though, really seems to be the Soviet culture. Look at Chernobyl. Look at Kursk. They really had a culture in which they didn't want to admit when anything went wrong, either to themselves or to others. They tried to keep up an image of a state that was doing incredibly well, when it was widely known that the USSR was steadily being torn apart from failures on the inside.

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