Quote from: Darren_Hensley on 12/09/2016 08:52 pmQuote from: yokem55 on 12/06/2016 12:15 amIt seems to me that whenever I see pictures or video in the station there is almost always (at least to my somewhat borderline OCD eyes) a high level of clutter on nearly every surface. Is all that stuff in active, regular use? Or does it accumulate and and gets addressed/put away/circle filed when the astros have time? Is there a protocol for managing all that stuff?I have not found any real protocol for this. It bothers the hell out of me as well.I'm developing a protocol for the H-10-K GWS house keeping crew to perform routine "return to storage" tasks but nothing is cast in stone so far. The difficulty seems to be getting the time built into the task or experiment to perform end of shift cleanup tasks much like what is done in the ground facilities. CTK Tool and parts accountability is vital for FOD prevention.It looks like they clean up only when things seem to get out of hand, or when flight directs them to do so.There is a protocol. There is no desks or workbenches in a one g orientation and so items have to place on the racks. What would a workbench would look like if you placed it against a wall?
Quote from: yokem55 on 12/06/2016 12:15 amIt seems to me that whenever I see pictures or video in the station there is almost always (at least to my somewhat borderline OCD eyes) a high level of clutter on nearly every surface. Is all that stuff in active, regular use? Or does it accumulate and and gets addressed/put away/circle filed when the astros have time? Is there a protocol for managing all that stuff?I have not found any real protocol for this. It bothers the hell out of me as well.I'm developing a protocol for the H-10-K GWS house keeping crew to perform routine "return to storage" tasks but nothing is cast in stone so far. The difficulty seems to be getting the time built into the task or experiment to perform end of shift cleanup tasks much like what is done in the ground facilities. CTK Tool and parts accountability is vital for FOD prevention.It looks like they clean up only when things seem to get out of hand, or when flight directs them to do so.
It seems to me that whenever I see pictures or video in the station there is almost always (at least to my somewhat borderline OCD eyes) a high level of clutter on nearly every surface. Is all that stuff in active, regular use? Or does it accumulate and and gets addressed/put away/circle filed when the astros have time? Is there a protocol for managing all that stuff?
HDEV seems to have been on the switching cameras/loss of signal screen for the past week, is there something wrong with it?
I recently learned that the new laptops or SSC (Station Support Computers) onboard the ISS are going to be HP ZBook 15's G2 and all the Thinkpad T61p's and A31p'sare going to be phased out. (Sorry for the misused apostrophe here just wanted to express the correct model number)https://www.businessdirect.bt.com/blog/nasa-sends-hp-zbook-workstations-to-the-international-space-station-4349Supposedly they will all be loaded with Windows 10 (Enterprise Edition?) or Debian Linux.The question: What are the exact model specs and software manifest? What configuration and setting's changes are made?The goal here is to of course make my next laptop as close as possible hardware and software wise - obviously, NASA seems to strip away all the frivolous settings, applications and processes on the flown versions and its nothing like what a typical user experience out of the box. Thankfully, I will not need to fabricate a green brick power supply. The 'trackpoint" tips have been replaced with Lenovo ones from pictures I have seen as the standard one sits too far below the key height.
Does somebody know how much velocity the ISS loses per year due to drag?
Cruz - you agree would be completely unacceptable if China only country with space station in LEO?Bridenstine - yes.Cruz - technically possible to keep ISS till 2030?Bridenstine - yes, perhaps longer, but need to assess cost, risk.
Cruz: concerned about Chinese space station in 2022, if ISS deorbited in 2024?Bridenstine: no plan to deorbit ISS in 2024. Focus is on commercialization, though.