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Space Station Dogged By Oxygen Problems

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the room-to-breathe dept.

Alien54 writes "All of the Russian made Elektron oxygen generators on the International Space Station have failed. The three Elektron units on board the space station are the last of their kind. The company that manufactured them has gone out of business, and the engineer who almost single-handedly made the final adjustments of flight units died several years ago. Reportedly he retained some 'trade secret' about the final adjustments of the devices -- and it died with him. But NASA is not alarmed."

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  1. Temporary fix by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


    If we could trap all the hot air from the presidential campaign in a big balloon and release it just as the ISS went by, maybe they could catch it and use it to keep the station going for a few more weeks.

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  2. But NASA is not alarmed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course not, plenty of oxygen down here.

  3. OSS. by iMMersE · · Score: 5, Funny

    See, this is what happens when you use ISS. You should have used OSS. You get free and open oxygen that way.

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