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International Space Station (ISS) => ISS Section => Topic started by: mattrog on 12/22/2005 08:52 am
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In the latest ISS status report
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/dec/HQ_SS05059_iss_status_report.html
is talks about the The Trailing Umbilical System 2 on the Mobile Transporter rail car that appears to have decided to sever it's self ...?
Eh .... Surely there should be a BIG bunch of safety bits that should be in there to stop that from happening?
I can understand the need for the system to be there (in case the cable got tangled) But for it to just "decide" one day - "nah don’t like being plugged in any more ...."
Anyone shed any light on this - is it systematic of a larger underlying fault ?