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ISS Emergency Spacewalk Planned to Replace a Failed Computer

posted by cmn32480 on Monday May 22 2017, @08:48AM   
from the things-that-can't-be-done-inside dept.

takyon writes:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-station-idUSKBN18H0XQ

A pair of astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station as early as Tuesday for an emergency space walk to replace a failed computer, one of two that control major U.S. systems aboard the orbiting outpost, NASA said on Sunday.

The primary device failed on Saturday, leaving the $100 billion orbiting laboratory to depend on a backup system to route commands to its solar power system, radiators, cooling loops and other equipment.

The station's current five-member crew from the United States, Russia and France were never in any danger, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a statement.

NASA expects to make a decision later on Sunday about which astronauts aboard the station will make the two-hour space walk and when the assignment will take place.

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• Re:Death to the Tech Industry Re:Death to the Tech Industry (Score: 2) by butthurt on Tuesday May 23 2017, @05:07AM (1 child)

  by butthurt (6141) on Tuesday May 23 2017, @05:07AM (#513990) Journal

  > Twitter limits you to messages of 160 characters [...]

  No, you're likely thinking of SMS. Twitter only allows 140 characters.

  https://dev.twitter.com/basics/counting-characters [twitter.com]

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• Re:Death to the Tech Industry (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday May 23 2017, @04:07PM

  by Grishnakh (2831) on Tuesday May 23 2017, @04:07PM (#514339)

  Yeah, I knew it was something like that. I don't actually use Twitter, so I didn't remember the exact limitation, just that it was short and stupid.

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