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Longevity of station
Everyone is saying it can last a long time, but I wonder how long before
either human error, or natural causes cause a serious problem, hopefully not fatal to the folk on it, but I was wondering what they would do if a fairly large bit of meteorite hit it. From the description at the moment they have all sorts of things through hatches etc, which would need to be closed if the air started to leak. however, I'd imagine anything over a piece the size of a egg would cause so much damage it would be the end. Brian -- Brian Gaff - Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff' in the display name may be lost. Blind user, so no pictures please! |
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ... Everyone is saying it can last a long time, but I wonder how long before either human error, or natural causes cause a serious problem, hopefully not fatal to the folk on it, but I was wondering what they would do if a fairly large bit of meteorite hit it. From the description at the moment they have all sorts of things through hatches etc, which would need to be closed if the air started to leak. however, I'd imagine anything over a piece the size of a egg would cause so much damage it would be the end. The CBM's were specifically designed such that the hatches can be closed without breaking the connections made between modules in the vestibule area. Jumpers between the two modules are placed in the pressurized area *around* the hatch itself. Because of this design, there shouldn't be anything in the hatchways which would prevent the hatches from being closed. The engineers did good here. I'm not going to speculate what an egg sized piece of space debris would do to an ISS module. Jeff -- "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National Lampoon |
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On 05/24/2010 04:12 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:
"Brian wrote in message ... Everyone is saying it can last a long time, but I wonder how long before either human error, or natural causes cause a serious problem, hopefully not fatal to the folk on it, but I was wondering what they would do if a fairly large bit of meteorite hit it. From the description at the moment they have all sorts of things through hatches etc, which would need to be closed if the air started to leak. however, I'd imagine anything over a piece the size of a egg would cause so much damage it would be the end. I'm not going to speculate what an egg sized piece of space debris would do to an ISS module. Likely loss of station. The MMOD shields can handle impactors up to 1 cm diameter; USSTRATCOM can only track objects 10 cm or larger. The sizes in between represent the danger zone. |
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Longevity of station
If space aliens start throwing eggs at the station, it depends on which
module they hit. Depressurizing Destiny would jeoperdize the station because there are so many criticial systems there. Loss of columbus or kibo would allow the station to remain functional. How feasable would it be for crews, in EVA suits, to remove the outer panels and insulation and then bolt on some panel over the egg sized hole ? |
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