ISS

[Testing]

Still in flight 2045 Pacific <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[qso1]

Huh? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

WTH?? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[mccorvic]

I guess that somewhere on the Internets there was concern if the ISS was still in flight as of 8:45pm Pacific Time. I'm glad I no longer have to worry about something I didn't know I should have been worried about!

 

[moonmadness]

Great, Now I'm worried. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>I'm not a rocket scientist, but I do play one on the TV in my mind.</p> </div>

 

[lampblack]

Yeah... cool!<br /><br />And the sky hasn't fallen yet, either. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[lampblack]

Neither has the ground given-way underneath my feet -- nor the feet of anyone I know. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[usn_skwerl]

i think testing made a drunk post <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[bobblebob]

Will post in here, saves opening a new thread<br /><br />"The crew of the international space station ran into unexpected problems today detaching a docking port on the left side of the multi-hatch Unity module. After considerable troubleshooting on the ground, flight controllers cleared the crew to press ahead and pressurized mating adapter No. 3 was successfully moved to Unity's downward-facing port as planned.<br /><br />The move was required to make way for attachment of a new module during a visit by the shuttle Discovery in late October.<br /><br />With the station's robot arm locked onto a grapple fixture on PMA-3, the lab crew sent commands to back out the first of four motorized bolts in the common berthing mechanism early today and received fault messages indicating possible problems. The crew pressed ahead and received similar, though intermittent, messages on the next two bolts they tried.<br /><br />"Flight controllers continuing to troubleshoot some fault indicators seen in attempts to undock PMA-3 from the port side of the Unity node in preparation to its mate to the nadir docking port on Unity 90 degrees away," mission control commentator John Ira Petty said around 7:45 a.m. "Grapple of PMA-3 by Canadarm 2 proceeded normally. The undock procedure seemed to be going normally as well until a little before (6:20 a.m.) there was a fault indicator that occurred on one of the bolts. That indicator appeared after the bolt had reached an indicated load of zero.<br /><br />"Troubleshooting was unable to identify an instrumentation problem. A decision was made to continue with the undocking procedure and subsequent fault indicators were seen on additional bolts. These indications were intermittent. So flight controllers and engineers on the ground asked for another hold, asked the crew to stand down in their procedures to undock PMA-3 while they scratch their heads over this."<br /><br />After additional discussion on the ground, flight controllers decided it was safe to

 

[Testing]

Just a brief sighting report. I don't get to see it often due to 40 degree horizon. Canyon living you see. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[usn_skwerl]

<img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> i think a few of us were worried about you after that first post, heheh <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[thereiwas]

Has it been explained why PMA3 had to be moved? Why not put Harmony on the nadir port for the short time it is going to be there? <br /><br />Edit: Found it. The station arm can't reach to the bottom of Harmony if it was on the nadir port.

 

[Testing]

This guy saw it better than I did. With proof. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[lukman]

Hi, i have question about ISS:<br />1. I was told that ISS cost around USD100billion, is the ISS covered by insurance?<br />2. What precaution to make sure it wont be hit by meteorite?<br />3. Are there any plan to dock a telescope there? (something better than hubble or Chandra or both)<br />4. At more than USD100billion, how can ISS be usefull at the price?<br />5. Are there any plan to launch anything from ISS? nuclear powered spacecraft?<br /><br />Thanks <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

1. No<br />2. There are some shields, but they would only cover damage from small objects. A meteoroid (it's only a meteorite if it lands on the earth's surface)<br />a few cm or inches across might easily penetrate the entire structure.<br />3. No, it's a very "dirty" environment.<br />4. See discussion of the ISS in Missions and Launches (where this really belongs)<br />5. No. It's not a very good place to launch from, and any such launch could change it's orbit. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[nexium]

1 Likely no insurance, unless someone offered to insure the ISS for $1 per day to promote their insurace company.<br />2 We track nearly all the space junk bigger than 10 cm and some as small as 1/2 cm. A few of the peices may be meteorites in Earth orbit. Unless a meter, or bigger, we are unlikely to get even one minutes advance warning of meteors in solar orbit. I don't know if we can move the ISS on one minutes notice. Likely not enough to change a likely hit to a likely miss, as rapid accelleration would do much damage.<br />4 Stuff in space is very costly. The science and engineering may be worth the cost. Many people suspect we could have gotten more at less cost. We likely had no choice but to have governments control the design and many of the details.<br />5 Lot's of talk, but bringing large amounts of fuel inside the ISS is generally considered too risky. Some kinds of fuel are likely negligible hazard just outside the ISS. Neil

 

[MeteorWayne]

It is extremely unlikely that any earth orbiting objects are meteoroids.<br />The dymamics for such a capture to occur make it so close to impossible, it can be discounted. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[willpittenger]

BTW: One of the potentially deadliest objects out there that we can't track might be a relatively large spec of paint. Several times, including on the most recent ISS mission, specs have hit orbiter windows causing deep gouges. If the specs involved had been much larger... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Will Pittenger<hr style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em" />Add this user box to your Wikipedia User Page to show your support for the SDC forums: <div style="margin-left:1em">{{User:Will Pittenger/User Boxes/Space.com Account}}</div> </div>