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Update on Aborted ISS Spacewalk

Posted by michael on from the breathholding-apparently-unnecessary dept.

Carnildo writes "Reuters is reporting that the cause of the aborted spacewalk was a stuck switch that gave a false reading of a leak."

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  1. spacewalk history? by acceber · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The result was the shortest spacewalk in U.S. history.

    That raises the question as to what actually classifies a spacewalk. So they step outside for a minute or two, complete no extra-vehicular activity (EVA) whatsoever, but it's all good because they made space history?

    I guess technically, strictly speaking, it is a spacewalk but doesn't the definition of "spacewalk" include having to actually perform a task, in this case replacing a transistorised switch that had disabled one of four large gyroscopes?