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Originally posted by Phage
I'm listening to the live feed from the ISS right now.
www.nasa.gov...
There seems to be a piece of space junk which may be on a collision course with the ISS. As a precaution, the astronauts are going to relocate into the Soyuz. I don't think this is a drill.
Originally posted by Zot Twady
Hey folks,
first post here.
Here's a news story on the subject:
www.washingtonpost.com...
I think it's interesting that all the visual anomalies / 'orb' phenomenon, in space walk footage is disregarded as 'debris'.
Obviously, as this incident demonstrates, any debris near the space station is a BIG deal, not something they just disregard and ignore.
It's amazing how this stuff goes on.
Originally posted by SlinkyDFW
reply to post by TH3ON3
If they had a 10 or 20 minute warning, for a one inch piece of metal, then it's obviously not traveling too fast, and probably wouldn't penetrate the skin of the station.
The window of danger passed at 12:45 p.m., and left the capsule and reentered the space station.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by alienesque
A lifeboat
www.astronautix.com...
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Elepheagle
The "blue box" (cursor type thingy) was on one of the display panels. The astronaut asked what it was, NASA said "nothing", and cleared it from the display. My guess is that it was the box that had been tracking the junk.
Funny part, right after it got cleared. The astronaut says "good, because I need a run". Ground says "you're free to run". Guess what "run" means.
[edit on 3/12/2009 by Phage]