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:Sounds like Russian thing: JUMPER CABLES IN SPA by human-cyborg · 2010-08-01 02:55 · Score: 5, Insightful

What's weird about jumper cables in space? A set of heavy gauge wires that can take lots of current, with universal connectors on either end? Sounds incredibly versatile. I'd never leave Earth with out them, packed right next to my towel.
You much be one of those people who take your car to the dealer to get an oil change.