"Jim Oberg"

Today's attempt to get the broken Elektron
Unit-7 up and running worked --
for one hour. then it broke down again.

The unit operated for an hour after the gas analyzer sensor was
disconnected. The unit may be working normally. No word on why the
Elektron shut down after an hour. Russian flight controllers will have
new ideas by Monday. The flight controllers hold out some hope that it
may just need some software tweaking.