It Is The Russian Rocket Hitch!
It is an immediate concern to the International Space Station in the sense that it is likely to be abandoned if the prevailing problems at the Russian cargos are not mended soon.
Three Russian, two American and one Japanese astronaut are reported to be staying at the space station presently. As reported by experts, the space station can be controlled through terrestrial equipments and can handle the prevailing problems but only upto some days. ''We're going to do what's the safest for the crew and for the space station, which is a very big investment of our governments,'' said Michael Suffredini, manager of the space station program for NASA, on Monday. ''Our job is, as stewards of the government, to protect that investment, and that's exactly what we're going to do.''
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A lot of US revenue has been continuously invested in this project from many days. It was just last week that a Russian cargo ship named Progress which was carrying a huge supply to the space station crashed. It was a huge failure both in terms of time and money for the investors and the project as well. A lot of effort is being taken to ensure such failures don’t repeat in history.
The Soyuz spacecraft is launched by the Soyuz rocket, the most frequently used and most reliable Russian launch vehicle to date. The Soyuz rocket design is based on the Vostok launcher, which in turn was based on the 8K74 or R-7A Semyorka, a Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile. The orbital and service modules are single-use and are destroyed upon re-entry in the atmosphere. The orbital and reentry portions are habitable living space. By moving as much equipment as possible into the orbital module, which does not have to be shielded or decelerated during atmospheric re-entry, the Soyuz is both larger and lighter than the contemporary Apollo spacecraft's command module.
Two Soyuz capsules are being designed to be released soon but the main problem with them is that they cannot survive for more than 200 days in orbit because they make use of hydrogen peroxide. The return of the first capsule has been dated to 15 September with the next opportunity being available only after late October.
It is perhaps being thought that if the prevailing problems are not resolved, all the crew members will be escorted soon with putting any risk to their lives.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
Three Russian, two American and one Japanese astronaut are reported to be staying at the space station presently. As reported by experts, the space station can be controlled through terrestrial equipments and can handle the prevailing problems but only upto some days. ''We're going to do what's the safest for the crew and for the space station, which is a very big investment of our governments,'' said Michael Suffredini, manager of the space station program for NASA, on Monday. ''Our job is, as stewards of the government, to protect that investment, and that's exactly what we're going to do.''
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A lot of US revenue has been continuously invested in this project from many days. It was just last week that a Russian cargo ship named Progress which was carrying a huge supply to the space station crashed. It was a huge failure both in terms of time and money for the investors and the project as well. A lot of effort is being taken to ensure such failures don’t repeat in history.
The Soyuz spacecraft is launched by the Soyuz rocket, the most frequently used and most reliable Russian launch vehicle to date. The Soyuz rocket design is based on the Vostok launcher, which in turn was based on the 8K74 or R-7A Semyorka, a Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile. The orbital and service modules are single-use and are destroyed upon re-entry in the atmosphere. The orbital and reentry portions are habitable living space. By moving as much equipment as possible into the orbital module, which does not have to be shielded or decelerated during atmospheric re-entry, the Soyuz is both larger and lighter than the contemporary Apollo spacecraft's command module.
Two Soyuz capsules are being designed to be released soon but the main problem with them is that they cannot survive for more than 200 days in orbit because they make use of hydrogen peroxide. The return of the first capsule has been dated to 15 September with the next opportunity being available only after late October.
It is perhaps being thought that if the prevailing problems are not resolved, all the crew members will be escorted soon with putting any risk to their lives.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
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