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ISS Gyro Fixed Via Spacewalk

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the better-late-than-never dept.

Teahouse writes "After a failed attempt last week, the ISS Astronauts finally got to fix the external gyroscope circut breaker in the station. Tests are being run today, but it looks like the ISS is back to having attitude stability with redundancy. This is particularly significant with the Shuttle being grounded for an extended period because the ISS would have had to use thruster fuel to keep the Station's solar panels pointed in the right direction without the gyroscopes, and no guarantee when more fuel would be arriving."

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  1. Ruskies to the Rescue by Performaman · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Once again, when NASA gets cold feet and shows how incompitent they are when it comes to Human Spaceflight, the Russians save the day. Astronauts are going up there on Russian rockets and repair the station in Russian suits. Jeez. Why can't we do something right for once?

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    1. Re:Ruskies to the Rescue by Performaman · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      That's great. But as far as earth-orbit human spaceflight, our record isn't that good. Yes, we went to the moon, but we did not establish anything permanent. Instead, Nixon decided to waste money on the shuttle when he should have extended Apollo.

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  2. no guarantee when more fuel would be arriving by anandpur · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    no guarantee when more fuel would be arriving
    True. We all pray this war will be over soon and everyone will get enough fule.

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  3. Re:Problems with the Shuttle-centric approach? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Perhaps if the open source movement were to desing and implement a shuttle replacement, we might have a working replacement faster than if NASA were told they have to come up with a cheaper faster replacement.

    Yet another open source zealot who thinks open source is the answer to everything.

    Design is one thing, but who's going to build it and pay for it? Raw materials cost money. Maintenance costs money. Actual operation costs money.

    Good designers don't just design and walk away from the job once the design is done. They go down the the shop floor and help with the assembly. Are the open source designers going to work with the assembly guys? I don't think so.

    Please check your open source zealotry at the door and think before you suggest something.