the view from on top
how would you like to have a chance at this view from the top?american, robert curbeam [left] and swede christer fuglesang fix a broken solar panel on the space station while floating 400km over new zealand.
the accordian-like 34m array is supposed to fold up into a box when it is retracted. earlier attempts to fix the problem included an unscientific request to an astronaut inside to do some exercise, hoping the movement would jostle the wing into place. that failed. the solar wing is part of an interim power system for the space station. a primary goal of space shuttle discovery's seven-day visit to the space station was to rewire the lab and hook a new set of solar wings onto the permanent electricity grid. the new panels rotate with the movement of the sun to maximise the amount of solar energy produced, but in order for the new panels to spin, the old panel had to be retracted.
– dominion post
1/41/4 space walk b3
posted by mystified @ 9:19 am
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