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Submission + - Science Debate 2008 (businessweek.com) 1

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bhmit1

on Saturday February 09, 2008 @08:12AM

bhmit1 writes: "BusinessWeek is reporting about Science Debate 2008, an attempt to put the scientific issues front and center in the US Presidential race. They include a few bits about which candidates have already taken good positions. But more importantly, there is a link to a comparison on the current candidates. (Yes, Ron Paul is included.)"

Submission + - Space station solar equipment showing damage (cnn.com)

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bhmit1

on Monday October 29, 2007 @08:32AM

bhmit1 writes: "The latest space walk has turned up some bad news for the problematic solar panels: metal shavings. From the article: "The rotary joint, 10 feet in diameter, has experienced intermittent vibrations and power spikes for nearly two months. Space station managers were hoping a thermal cover or bolt might be hanging up the mechanism. That would have been relatively easy to fix, so they were disheartened when Daniel Tani radioed down that metal shavings were everywhere. 'It's quite clear that it's metal-to-metal grating or something, and it's widespread,' Tani said.""

Submission + - Nasa: No Fix Needed for Endevavour's Tiles (cnn.com)

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bhmit1

on Friday August 17, 2007 @08:07AM

bhmit1 writes: "It looks like everyone but slashdot is reporting that no repairs are needed for Endeavour. From the article:

After meeting for five hours, mission managers opted Thursday night against any risky spacewalk repairs, after receiving the results of one final thermal test. The massive amount of data indicated Endeavour would suffer no serious structural damage during next week's re-entry.

Their worry was not that Endeavour might be destroyed and its seven astronauts killed in a replay of the Columbia disaster — the gouge is too small to be catastrophic. They were concerned that the heat of re-entry could weaken the shuttle's aluminum frame at the damaged spot and result in lengthy postflight repairs.

Godspeed Endeavour!"

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