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ISS Oxygen Generator Fails

Posted by michael on from the hope-you're-handy-with-a-wrench dept.

caino59 writes "It hasn't been too long since the food shortage on the International Space Station - now the main oxygen generator has failed. Apparently, the backup supply should allow them to make it to 60 days, which is past the next scheduled trip up. Hopefully, previous crews didn't hog all the O2."

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  1. This would not have been as much of a problem by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Funny

    This would not have been so bad if Dmitri didn't start thinking that the ISS was getting stuffy, and he opened both doors in the airlock to get some fresh air in there.

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  2. And the guys at EA thought they... by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...had bad working conditions!

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  3. Re:ISS vs MIR failure rates? by w3weasel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Name's Scruffy... the janitor.
    I'm on my 10 minute break.
    Scruffy's gonna die the way he lived.

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  4. Re:O2 Generator is Back on-line by stevesliva · · Score: 2, Funny

    I nominate you for the most ironic combination of post and sig ever.

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  5. Re:ISS vs MIR failure rates? by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 2, Funny
    Scruffy's gonna die the way he lived.

    Spaced out???

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