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Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Friday for the second week in a row to repair a cosmic ray detector, this time actually cutting into the $2 billion instrument.
The International Space Station's Luca Parmitano sliced through eight stainless steel tubes, using hardware store-type bolt cutters. That set the stage to install new coolant pumps during the third spacewalk on Dec. 2.
Parmitano had to sever the tubes in a specific order and notified Mission Control each time before cutting. His spacewalking partner, Andrew Morgan, backstopped everything.
NASA likened the repair work to heart bypass surgery. At least four spacewalks are needed to fix the spectrometer, on the hunt for elusive dark matter and antimatter for 8 ½ years. Without a new cooling system, the experiment—led by a Nobel laureate—would end.
[...]The 7 ½-ton (6,800-kilogram) spectrometer rode to the space station during shuttle Endeavour's final mission in 2011. If successful, the repairs will keep the device working throughout the life of the station, or another five to 10 years.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 25 2019, @01:17PM (1 child)
Astronigger looked down at the Earth and saw all the white women all at once. His ebony pecked became rock hard, and unable to control himself, he jizzed a whole gallon of cum inside his spacesuit.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday November 25 2019, @02:37PM
Be careful not to asphyxiate in the space suit.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.