Quote from: Targeteer on 12/11/2015 10:44 amScott is already having trouble stowing items removed from Cygnus. The locations the ground suggests are already full. The choreography of removing and inserting into Cygnus is a challenging one that isn't starting off well. A discussion is going on right now and they are again referring to the EMU I mentioned earlier, not EMU parts.I am not quite sure what you are trying to say here. Are you saying you think a whole EMU came up on Cygnus?The manifest I have seen for Cygnus has no HUT, only these other EMU parts and stuff:QuoteEVA gear: 500 pounds* New SAFER spacewalk jetpack* Legs and gloves for spacesuit* Tethers, filters, batteries, velcro and tool bags* Airlock Cooling Loop Recovery KitI am assuming the EMU Scott is trying to stow somewhere is either (a) and old one scheduled for return on SpX-8/9 or (b) a third spacesuit moved out of the airlock to make room for preparations for the upcoming contingency spacewalk (for SSU R&R).
Scott is already having trouble stowing items removed from Cygnus. The locations the ground suggests are already full. The choreography of removing and inserting into Cygnus is a challenging one that isn't starting off well. A discussion is going on right now and they are again referring to the EMU I mentioned earlier, not EMU parts.
EVA gear: 500 pounds* New SAFER spacewalk jetpack* Legs and gloves for spacesuit* Tethers, filters, batteries, velcro and tool bags* Airlock Cooling Loop Recovery Kit
[...]In the Dec 11 ISS status report it says"Orbital ATK (OA)-4 Cargo Operations: Kelly completed 3 hours of OA-4 cargo operations including transfer of Extravehicular Activity Mobility Unit (EMU) 3008."EMU 3008,as far as I can tell, last flew on STS-133 and was returned to Earth at the end of that flight in 2011.So that implies it's a new EMU (HUT/PLSS at least) flown up on OA-4, I think.
When in January are the unberthing/release & reentry dates for Cygnus OA-4?
Quote from: longdrivechampion102 on 12/14/2015 06:01 amWhen in January are the unberthing/release & reentry dates for Cygnus OA-4?Did this happen in January?
I thought the Espresso coffee machine was a permanent addition to the space station galley. At least the US side and on supply flights they be getting new supplies to keep making espresso to drink for future crews, Which of the US crew not like it and want to trash it? Seems pretty silly and wasteful.
I agree. Who would not want coffee one breakfast a day?
Quote from: longdrivechampion102 on 02/18/2016 03:13 pmI agree. Who would not want coffee one breakfast a day?When each pound of coffee costs close to $30,000, coffee might not be a priorty. - Ed Kyle
Since there isn't any other coffee options I'm aware of, it's a little sad that it was considered an experiment and less of an appliance. But a station and its supplies use resources and every watt must be counted.On a long-duration flight, however, I can see that device going to appliance status and engineers cannibalizing parts off the ECLSS to keep the space-coffee maker running to ensure that colonists get their daily java lest a mutiny occur.