{"id":199964,"date":"2007-06-14T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2007\/06\/14\/space-station-oxygen-water-computers-fail-cnn-com\/"},"modified":"2007-06-14T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-14T15:53:00","slug":"space-station-oxygen-water-computers-fail-cnn-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2007\/06\/14\/space-station-oxygen-water-computers-fail-cnn-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Space station oxygen, water computers fail – CNN.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA’s boondoggle is having trouble.<\/p>\n

I worked on equipment for the space shuttle while at Lockheed Missiles and Fire Control in Grand Prairie, TX, on the radiators, and I saw the specifications.<\/p>\n

There were Minimum<\/span><\/span> sizes for components.<\/p>\n

The only reason for this was to ensure that only<\/span> the shuttle could carry them into orbit.<\/p>\n

So, to paraphrase a The Daily Show<\/span> correspondent, we need to have the shuttle to service the space station, and we need the space station to give the shuttle a mission.<\/p>\n

What a clusterf%$#.<\/p>\n

Space station oxygen, water computers fail<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

HOUSTON, Texas (AP) — Russian computers that control the international space station’s orientation and supply of oxygen and water have failed, potentially extending the space shuttle’s mission — or cutting it short.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russian engineers aren’t sure why the computers stopped working. A failure of this type has never occurred before on the space station.<\/span><\/p>\n

The station is operated primarily by the Russian and U.S. space agencies, with contributions from the Canadian, European and Japanese space agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We have plenty of resources, so we have plenty of time to sort this out,” said Mike Suffredini, NASA manager of the space station program.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the computer failure could extend space shuttle Atlantis’ mission by at least a day and, in a worst-case scenario, force the space station’s three crew members to return to Earth early if the computers aren’t fixed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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