Bulgarian_Taffer on 18/3/2006 at 12:05
Spacedaily: The Russian Aerospace Agency said on Wednesday that the delay of U.S. space shuttle Discovery's launch would disrupt the working plan of astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) and affect the takeoff of Russian cargo ship Progress M-57.
NASA on Tuesday put off its next space shuttle mission from May till July at the earliest to replace fuel sensors in the shuttle's external fuel tank that could give faulty readings.
The decision would leave scientific equipment and the German astronaut who should be sent to the ISS by Discovery on the ground, said Anatoly Perminov, director-general of the Russian Aerospace Agency.
The two spacemen aboard the station had to spend 90 percent of their precious time on normal maintenance of the ISS, Perminov said.
The official added that the equipment on the ISS which needed to be fetched back for reparation had to be stored at the station continuously.
Experts were considering whether to delay the date of the astronauts' space walking. The launch of Progress M-57 scheduled to follow that of Discovery was also affected by the NASA decision.
Para?noid on 18/3/2006 at 23:50
NEWS: LIVE AND STRAIGHT TO YOU AS IT HAPPENS
Thief13x on 18/3/2006 at 23:54
DAMN! I was hoping to see it launch before I had to go back home at the end of the semester:mad: Ah well, can't say I wasn't expecting it
TF on 18/3/2006 at 23:59
well at least it rhymes
JACKofTrades on 19/3/2006 at 01:28
Bulgarian_Taffer RSS rap?
Bulgarian_Taffer on 19/3/2006 at 07:04
Can somebody give me a bref explaination what's RSS?
TBE on 19/3/2006 at 07:22
See above post. :)
Spitter on 19/3/2006 at 09:04
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