I'm watching the spacewalk live right now and they're unscrewing a panel. The discussion between the astronauts and mission control is blowing my mind.
The astronaut is describing how much pressure he's putting on a wrench and mission control is responding with how much torque is on the bolt he's unscrewing, how much pressure they expect he'd have to apply and how many turns it'll take to remove it.
Crazy attention to detail.
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Honestly that's part of where NASA has gone wrong. They were always precise in their plans and construction, but when it came to execution that is not the sort of back-and-forth you'd have heard between Houston and an Apollo capsule. Somewhere along the way they lost some of the gumption that takes the well-laid plans and turns them into inspirational achievements.
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Reminds me of the time in Apollo 13 when they were taking about... a fuse?.... and Flight Control says, "I want all the specs on that fuse, then I want to talk to the engineer that designed it, then I want to talk to the guy on the assembly line who built it."
I think it is good they should have all the specs on a bolt and required torque and shit, so if more torque than spec is being applied, they know there is an issue and they can take steps rather than just strip/break the bolt in space where it probably can't be replaced without another $10m mission. And, the constant chatter.... why not? The dude is out there turning a bolt. Not like there's anything else for him or ground control to talk about. Might as well talk about that bolt.
I think it is good they should have all the specs on a bolt and required torque and shit, so if more torque than spec is being applied, they know there is an issue and they can take steps rather than just strip/break the bolt in space where it probably can't be replaced without another $10m mission. And, the constant chatter.... why not? The dude is out there turning a bolt. Not like there's anything else for him or ground control to talk about. Might as well talk about that bolt.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
If it takes a fucking team of dudes to turn a wrench, then fuck ever going to the Moon or Mars. We'd need at least ten billion people if the team size scales with problem complexity.
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If it takes a fucking team of dudes to turn a wrench, then fuck ever going to the Moon or Mars. We'd need at least ten billion people if the team size scales with problem complexity.
I disagree.
Right now, it's safety first. The attention to detail is exactly what we need at this point in our space exploration.
Once we're beyond the point where this stuff is routine, that's when we can stop with the constant chatter and worrying about the torque on a bolt.
I refuse to buy into logic that has us talking to QBs through headsets for every play, but not astronauts on a space walk.
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Anonymous claims NASA is thisclose to revealing the discovery of alien life.
I don't see any proof, just chatter.
I don't see any proof, just chatter.
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