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Old December 6th 03, 04:03 AM
Bjørn Ove Isaksen
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Default NASA Relies on Thrusters to Steer Station

Rusty B wrote:
NASA Relies on Thrusters to Steer Station


Last time I saw the numbers for required upmass it was pretty tight
conserning especialy water. Without gyros and back to RCS the station would
spend a lot more fuel (IIRC it was a new feature of Mir). Is there someone
here that has an idea of the problems this might lead to?

Sincerely
Bjørn Ove