Answer the question.
I'll understand if you aren't able to take us. It is tough work keeping us all informed about space shuttles and Michigan football.
Answer the question.
I'll understand if you aren't able to take us. It is tough work keeping us all informed about space shuttles and Michigan football.
But mostly my job is keeping Gutz in line in the political threads.
Its amazing the boners these guys from NASA get over a screw fitting or light switch working.
Hans sighted in the Airlock withe O2(Oxygen) mask on! It looks like Hansie has recovered from his ear infection and will make an EVA2 appearance.
ESA was really kind of disappointed that it wasn't him readying Columbus for docking to the ISS, but he helped a lot from inside..(I heard a lot of "Dos is goot" from him during EVA1). Now he will go outside and do some more stuff that needs to be done out there.
Good for Hansie.
BTW...the commisioning of Columbus continued today and was ahead of schedge.
The Shuttle and ISS see about 16 or something sunrises every day. Orbital sunrise happens every 90 minutes.
Hansie out in space. Dos is goot.
Hansie must be completely over his ear ache. He was on the successful spacewalk yesterday and has been busy as a bee working on the Columbus module today.
They work inside today, then out in space one more time tommorow. Then I think they come back on in a couple of days or something.
I like listening to Hansie and the controller guy in Germany talk back and forth. Heavy friggin Cherman agscents ya.
The controller guy is in uberhoffenhoven or something like that.
edit.. or Inglehoffenhoven.
Love and Walheim already on straight oxygen preparing for tommorows spacewalk. They will camp out in the Airlock tonight at a reduced pressure of 10lbs psi. Their space suits are around 4lbs psi, iirc.
I have no idea what the vacuum of space pressure, or vacuum is. someone, anyone???
I did hear that if there was a little hole in their spaces suits, that they would get sucked out of that little hole into space.
In orbit where the Space Shuttle flies, it's not exactly "zero" atmospheric pressure, like you'd see in deep space, but it's close. At sea level, you've got about 14.7 pounds per square inch of pressure on you at all times, meaning that you're fighting off around a ton every moment of your life. It's yet another requirement us humans have in order to stay alive. Take away a significant portion of that, and you're in deep shit. A lot of places on Earth are uninhabitable just because the air pressure is too low.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe