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Space Station Computers Partially Restored

Posted by Zonk on from the i'd-like-to-see-geek-squad-get-up-there dept.

Raver32 writes with the news that a partial restoration of computer control was established on the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday. Systems controlling critical elements like navigation and life-support failed on Wednesday. "Flight controllers were able to re-establish some communication with the computers overnight, with Russian engineers working Thursday to restore the rest of the system, NASA space station flight director Holly Ridings said. The U.S. space agency and Russian officials are still trying to determine the cause of a failure affecting multiple computers in the Russian network ... Since an earlier failure on Monday, thrusters on the space shuttle Atlantis have been fired periodically to help maintain the station's position. The Russian and U.S. space agencies said they could extend Atlantis's mission by one or two days to fix the problem. In the worst-case scenario, NASA said the ISS crew members -- two Russians and an American -- may be evacuated from the station."

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  1. Twit moderators by overshoot · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    It was NOT informative at all. It's not even remotely true.

    Get a clue before moderating.

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    Lacking <sarcasm> tags, /. substitutes moderation as "Troll."
    1. Re:Twit moderators by fm6 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I've seen the lamest stuff moderated "informative". But this is a new low: an obvious joke taken as informational.

      Our basic problem is that our moderator pool sucks. It was a big mistake to move it to the very middle of the bell curve (rated by how much you participate), since that cuts out all the regular users with a stake in keeping up a quality site. Instead we get moderators (like this one) who barely read the items they moderate.

      I said as much to CmdrTaco in an email exchange. His answer: people need to metamoderate more.

      My response was that I used to metamoderate as often as I was allowed. It was fun. But now moderations are so lame, I can barely bring myself to do it. The fact is, if you have a lot of idiots moderating, kicking a few out of the pool makes no difference. The internet has an infinite supply of idiots.

      Rob never responded.

  2. In unrelated news.... by jager2222 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Russians are drinking more aftershave.

    Coincidence?
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6752515.stm