a not-so-good day in space. . .
Jun. 14th, 2007 12:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dindahttp://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts117/070614computers/
In easy to understand english: the things and computers that keep the station in place are not working. They've been a continual problem but now the russian puters have "malfunctioned" and they're using the shuttle to keep both vehicles in a proper orbit. I'm pretty confident they'll get it all worked out; lots of folks working this one but it's mostly up to Russia to get their controlling computers working again.
ya know, this would be a great story if only they would tell it properly. . . I never understood the need to constantly sugarcoat things and not tell the public how much effort goes into the whole mission, much less solving problems like this one.
In easy to understand english: the things and computers that keep the station in place are not working. They've been a continual problem but now the russian puters have "malfunctioned" and they're using the shuttle to keep both vehicles in a proper orbit. I'm pretty confident they'll get it all worked out; lots of folks working this one but it's mostly up to Russia to get their controlling computers working again.
ya know, this would be a great story if only they would tell it properly. . . I never understood the need to constantly sugarcoat things and not tell the public how much effort goes into the whole mission, much less solving problems like this one.