What's the problem with ISS's orbit?

[henryhallam]

<font color="yellow"><br />And by insuring those communications and preventing false alarms from causing confusion, possibly prevented WW-3! <br /><br />A lot of Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded for far less important work!<br /></font><br /><br />Absolutely. God knows we certainly had a few close calls.

 

[craig42]

You may find this intresting, if you've not already seen it.<br /><br />An unmanned Russian spacecraft docked at the International Space Station (ISS) fired its engines early Thursday, raising the research platform’s orbit in preparation for a cargo shipment next month. <br /><br /> rest of article

 

[Swampcat]

Is calling somebody a flamebaiter an ad hominem? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>