Space Station Suffers Power Glitch 53
TheSexican writes "As if the MRO's vision problems weren't enough, it seems that NASA has another problem on their hands as of late.
" The problem itself has been solved; one of the solar power array went off line, and had to be repaired, but is back up and working.
What's that thing for? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:What's that thing for? (Score:5, Interesting)
But - even with the regular repairs, I would still think they're doing SOME research - even if that might not be quite is visible in the headlines as "read all about the latest power outage!"...
Re:What's that thing for? (Score:2, Interesting)
P.s. The article linked to here is the first I found and seems pretty biased, please find a better source for yourself.
Re:It's not done yet (Score:4, Interesting)
Hey, it took them five tries to get the Babylon project working!
Seriously, though, you have a good point. Is it possible for a society to become so successful that its members lose the ability to do hard things?
I always figured Iraq would be a mess for seven years because that's how long it took to get things straightened out in Germany and Japan after WWII. But now the politicos are calling for a "Run Away!" strategy after four, and have been for two. I'm not a hawk, per se, but live isn't TiVo'ed.