Space Station Crew Prepare For Emergency Spacewalk

Posted by Soulskill on Friday May 10, 2013 @05:01AM from the time-to-separate-the-saucer-section dept.

astroengine writes "After the discovery of an ammonia coolant leak supplying one of the solar arrays on Thursday (video), International Space Station managers have decided to plan for an unscheduled spacewalk on Saturday to repair the problem. The final decision about whether to go ahead with the extravehicular activity will be made late on Friday. 'Good Morning, Earth! Big change in plans, spacewalk tomorrow, Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn are getting suits and airlock ready. Cool!', tweeted the Space Station's Expedition 35 Commander, Chris Hadfield, on hearing the news an emergency EVA may be required of his crew. 'The whole team is ticking like clockwork, readying for tomorrow. I am so proud to be Commander of this crew. Such great, capable, fun people.'"

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Howard by Anonymous Coward · 2013-05-10 05:06 · Score: 4, Funny

Good think Wolowitz isn't up there, or he'd be freaking out.
1. Re:Howard by Anonymous Coward · 2013-05-10 05:11 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Yeah he'd have an "ammonia leak" in his pants.....
Live Footage! by GreggBz · 2013-05-10 05:07 · Score: 4, Funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufsrgE0BYf0
Raw Egg by ThatsNotPudding · 2013-05-10 05:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Just pop the radiator cap and drop in a raw egg; that'll stop the leak. For awhile. But hurry up and dump this lemon on an unsuspecting buyer, quick.
Time to worry! by sizzzzlerz · 2013-05-10 06:11 · Score: 5, Funny

Just a moment...just a moment...I've just picked up a fault in the AE-35 ammonia distribution unit. It's going to go a hundred percent failure within 72 hours.