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Space Station Solar Equipment Showing Damage

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-touch-me-there dept.

bhmit1 writes "The latest space walk has turned up some bad news for the problematic solar panels: metal shavings. From the article: "The rotary joint, 10 feet in diameter, has experienced intermittent vibrations and power spikes for nearly two months. Space station managers were hoping a thermal cover or bolt might be hanging up the mechanism. That would have been relatively easy to fix, so they were disheartened when Daniel Tani radioed down that metal shavings were everywhere. 'It's quite clear that it's metal-to-metal grating or something, and it's widespread,' Tani said.""

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  1. that's not metal-on-metal grating by jollyreaper · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's not metal-on-metal grating in the bearings, that's just some sick bastard playing Yoko Ono.

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    1. Re:that's not metal-on-metal grating by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's not metal-on-metal grating in the bearings, that's just some sick bastard playing Yoko Ono. -1 Troll? Wow, looks like Yoko Ono's one fan got mod points today.
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  2. Metal to metal grating... by RandoX · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...or something.

    Thanks for the technical breakdown. Sounds like the way Beavis would describe it. That's comforting. Or something...

  3. Dust buster? by advocate_one · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was gonna suggest using a dustbuster to sweep up the shavings... but there's nothing to suck...

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  4. From the TFA by denzacar · · Score: 4, Funny

    "It's quite clear that it's metal-to-metal grating or something, and it's widespread," Tani said.

    "Wow," said his spacewalking partner, Scott Parazynski. Its nice to see those "Keanu Reeves Linguistic School" classes paying off for astronauts.
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  5. Re:Oblig. Car Parallel by FudRucker · · Score: 2, Funny

    seen on a sign in a mechanic's garage:

    Labor $10.00 Hr.
    If you watch $15.00 Hr.
    If you help $25.00 Hr

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