Cooling Pump Malfunction On ISS

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday August 1, 2010 @02:18AM from the no-la-forge-door-rolls-required dept.

eldavojohn writes "On Saturday at 8pm GMT, the crew of the International Space Station awoke to alarm bells as one of two ammonia pumps shut down due to a spike in power. Their backup cooling (Loop B) is functioning as designed and NASA released an official statement: 'The crew is in no danger, but will need to work additional troubleshooting on Sunday to keep the station in a stable configuration, including the installation of a jumper cable to maintain proper cooling to the Zarya module in the Russian segment.'"

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Re:Why human presence still matters by slick7 · 2010-08-01 03:36 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Yup - would they even need cooling if it weren't for the people?
Sounds like the right mentality to go to Mars/ Asteroids/ or anywhere else off this planet.
How many Luddite flat-landers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

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