EVA aborted, then restarted

"Jim Oberg" wrote in message
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Anyhow, this first US EVA in 30 months or so
will go a long way to restoring in-depth EVA
capabilities, always a good thing (the principle we are
learning seems to be that two parallel but independent
capabilities are much more 'robust' than one single
unified system, whether for EVA or life support or
crew access or comm -- a valuable lesson from ISS).
Good luck, Exp-12 spacewalkers! Enjoy the view!



Did anyone else notice that language seemed to be an issue during the EVA?

"Scott J" wrote
Did anyone else notice that language seemed to be an issue during the EVA?

Boy, did it -- and Billymac seemed to have to explain everything to an
8-year-old.

"Jim Oberg" wrote in message
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Boy, did it -- and Billymac seemed to have to explain everything to an
8-year-old.



I thought the Capcom was going to go into vapor lock trying to get the WVS
shot of the experiment after the FPP jettison.
At the end, after they both finally agreed they were OK to do a get ahead
task, it seemed they suddenly changed direction and headed for the airlock.
Maybe I missed something there, my recording cut off at that point.

Do U.S. astronauts have similar problems with EVAs on the Russian segment?

I love the way the PAO commentary just glosses over this even though it's
obviously a problem.

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"Jim Oberg" wrote:


"Scott J" wrote
Did anyone else notice that language seemed to be an issue during the EVA?

Boy, did it -- and Billymac seemed to have to explain everything to an
8-year-old.

From the sections I heard it sounded like all the native english
speakers were talking too fast a lot of the time, and using too many
slang terms and colloquialisms rather than focussing on clarity. If I'd
been talked to like Valery was at times there'd be a slapping
administered when we were back inside.

Anthony