Meanwhile back at the plot the press release below has floated out.
Sounds like they needed a plumber, not a scientist. Does anyone remember
the problems early on in the space program with astronauts getting extremely
sweaty and the helmet misting over. Anyway, here is the release for those
who have not seen it.

July 23, 2013

Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100


Josh Byerly
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111


RELEASE 13-228

NASA Creates Spacewalk Mishap Investigation Board

WASHINGTON -- NASA has appointed a board to investigate the July 16 early
termination of a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, develop
a
set of lessons learned from the incident and suggest ways to prevent a
similar problem in the future.

The board will begin its work Friday, Aug. 2, in close coordination with a
NASA engineering team already examining the spacesuit and life support
equipment astronaut Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (ESA) used
during the excursion. The engineering team is working to determine why water
built up inside Parmitano's helmet.

Chris Hansen, International Space Station chief engineer at NASA's Johnson
Space Center in Houston, will chair a five-member board.

The other four board members a

-- Mike Foreman, NASA astronaut, Johnson Space Center, Houston

-- Richard Fullerton, International Space Station safety and mission
assurance lead, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, NASA Headquarters,
Washington

-- Sudhakar Rajula, human factors specialist, Johnson Space Center, Houston

-- Joe Pellicciotti, chief engineer, NASA Engineering and Safety Center,
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt Md.

The board will have access to experts and support personnel including an ESA
liaison.

Members will gather relevant information, analyze facts, conduct any
necessary tests, identify the cause or causes of the anomaly and any
contributing factors, and make recommendations to the NASA administrator to
prevent similar incidents from occurring during future spacewalks.

The board's investigation will run parallel with the engineering analysis
already underway. The engineering team is focused on resolving equipment
trouble in an effort to enable U.S. spacewalks to resume. The mishap
investigation board will look more broadly at past operations and
maintenance, quality assurance, aspects of flight control and other
organizational factors. The board's responsibility is to make observations
and recommendations that can be applied to improve the safety of all of
NASA's human spaceflight activities.

Because of the helmet problem, flight director David Korth terminated the
spacewalk after only 1 hour, 32 minutes. It was to have lasted 6 1/2 hours.
Parmitano and fellow spacewalker Chris Cassidy of NASA safely returned
inside
the orbiting outpost.

For more information about the International Space Station and
investigation,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/station

Brian
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From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active
"David Spain" wrote in message
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On 7/17/2013 6:42 PM, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:
"David Spain" wrote in message
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I heard about this on the radio this am.

They reported it as "water", but nonetheless, made me think of this
scene from the movie "Brazil":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teufz17PqoY


I've got to see that movie again.

Wonder if I have my receipt from the last time I saw it.


Bit of a stickler for paperwork are we?

;-)

Dave