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Astronauts To Repair Cooling System On ISS

Posted by kdawson on from the sweating-it-out dept.

GWMAW writes "NASA Astronauts will conduct a spacewalk on Thursday to repair part of the cooling system of the International Space Station. The cooling system is essential for maintaining the temperature inside the station. There are two 'loops' in the system, one that uses water and draws heat from the inside of the station, and one uses ammonia and dumps the heat into space. Ammonia is used because it freezes at a much lower temperature than water. On Saturday the pump that controls the flow of ammonia through the system shut down."

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  1. It Begins... by qpawn · · Score: 2, Funny

    From the article: "[...] the Russian module of the system could take control for a period of time until repairs could be made."

    Take control?... Open the pod bay doors!!!

  2. Litter box to the rescue by antifoidulus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Couldn't they just stick a cat up in the ammonia part of the cooling system? Those fuckers produce tons of the stuff and they seem to want to distribute it around as much as possible.

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  3. Blantant slashdot troll... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Science: Astronauts To Repair Cooling System On ISS

    When will Microsoft finally produce an internet server that doesn't need to be fixed all the time?