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Any A/G comment on 'Elektron'?
In monitoring ISS air-to-ground and the daily one-hour news media reports,
has anyone noted any mention of performance of the 'Elektron' oxygen generation system? It seems it's hiccuping worse than usual. |
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"Jim Oberg" wrote:
In monitoring ISS air-to-ground and the daily one-hour news media reports, has anyone noted any mention of performance of the 'Elektron' oxygen generation system? It seems it's hiccuping worse than usual. No, but before midnite PST, I saw a report similar to this AP one: quote NASA: Station's Oxygen Generator Fails Fri Sep 10, 8:49 AM ET Related News Stories • No threat of oxygen shortage for ISS crew at ITAR-TASS (Sep 10, 2004) [...] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The main oxygen generator for the international space station has failed, and the two astronauts on board may have to tap into an attached cargo ship's air supply next week, NASA (news - web sites) said Thursday. The space agency said the astronauts had several backup sources of oxygen and were in no immediate danger. The generator — a balky Russian unit that keeps breaking down — stopped working earlier in the week. Normally, air bubbles are to blame, but this time it appeared there was a blockage in a line. Commander Gennady Padalka is confident he can clear the blockage and get the machine running again, said NASA spokesman Rob Navias. [...] /quote http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=10&u=/ap/20040910/ap_on_sc/space_station Yahoo doesn't show the time the original article posted. /dps |
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