Space Forum / Space Station / September 2004

I know that it's a standard electrolysys system, but there must be some
degree of complexity in the whole system. I've also seen it mentioned that
there is a catalyst involved. Anyone care to explain how it works? Thanks,
David

Today's attempt to get the broken Elektron Unit-7 up and running worked --
for one hour. then it broke down again.

I see that the Mars rover missions got their 2nd 6-month extension
today. That's great news, because it is far less expensive and much
safer to use the rovers already on Mars than to send rovers to Mars,
and we have been getting great science data from the rovers. At $835

MSNBC.com (Oberg): Space station launch delayed again
Russia orders second postponement in two weeks
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6124756/
By James Oberg, NBC News space analyst // Special to MSNBC

I'm looking for the source to this patch:
http://www.mach25.nl/~jacques/tma/exp1patch1.JPG
When the Soyuz TM-31 crew photo was take the crew was wearing this patch
(decals or prints?) on their suits..why was this yellow patch made, who made

Virgin Group Sign Deal with Paul G. Allen's Mojave Aerospace
Licensing the Technology To Develop The World's First
Commercial Space Tourism Operator
London, September 27th 2004:

I wanted to ask everybody a question?
After watching that TV programme tonight about did NASA really send man to
the moon I was most interested in what the conspiracy theory and wondered
what everybody thought on the subject.

FYI:
A very handsome 50-page brochure (Russian and English) about Progress M50
and background
can be downloaded in pdf form from

Station Gets an Orbital Boost
Russian flight controllers fired the ISS Progress 15 spacecraft's engines
Thursday for a maneuver designed to raise the International Space Station's
orbit. The 10-minute engine burn raised the Station by 2.98 miles (4.8

JimO is travelling and cannot acess USNET, he sent me the following to
post:
Space station goes to Plan B for oxygen
Crew not in imminent danger, but safety margin narrows

This morning, (wednesday), it was reported that Elektron failed again. This
time, the message was "O2 pressure above normal". Crew have already performed
some tasks and have more time alloted for Elektron work.
They have the elektron experts in moscow who will do some ground ...

International Space Station Status Report #04-52
4 p.m. CDT Friday, Sept. 17, 2004
Expedition 9 Crew
Almost two weeks of troubleshooting apparently paid off today for the

Technical Hitch Delays Russia Space Station Launch
Wed Sep 15, 2004 04:50 AM ET
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The launch of a Russian rocket scheduled to blast off to
the International Space Station next month has been postponed because of

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6010203/
Russian mishap threatens launch schedule
But within hours, the Itar-Tass news agency was quoting veteran spacecraft
engineer Vladimir Syromyatnikov as giving the reason for a possible