Cooling Pump Malfunction On ISS

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.'"

Comments

HOWTO: Fixing stuff in space

[tomhudson]

1) Where's the Duct Tape?

2) Duct tape something ("including the installation of a jumper cable to maintain proper cooling to the Zarya module in the Russian segment");

3) Problem solved!

Is Feature!

[DWMorse]

Our cooling pump is now, for your convenience, a heating pump. For survival in the cold of space.

Re:Why human presence still matters

[vlm]

after the first few weeks/months, living off-planet would be a hellish claustrophobic monotony punctuated only by the occasional crisis. By the time the first critical life-support system gave out and killed everyone, it's likely that most of the population wouldn't mind dying.

You make it sound like living in New York. I don't think it'll be that bad.