Space Forum / Space Station / April 2005

ISS continues to limp along on two CMGs,
[both broken ones will be replaced/repaired on
the Return-to-Flight STS-114 mission],
but one of the good ones appears to be experiencing

I still note that news accounts are contradictory regarding
whether the Descent Module came to rest on its side or on its bottom.
Did it land one way, and then get turned the other by the
rescue forces?

Pretty dramatic, as the Soyuz rolled 15-20 degrees AFTER probe capture,
they're still working on nulling the rates. Slightly scary, for a moment.

Soldering in space holds surprises
http://www.aiaa.org/aerospace/images/articleimages/pdf/notebookmarch05.pdf

the USA NBC televion programme "West Wing" has an episode this week
where the White House is confrontyed with the problem of an air leak on
the ISS and astronauts having no way to return to earth du to the
civilian shuttle being grounded.

Why are exotic rocket fuels used instead of nuclear energy on submarines,
power plants, etc. Are they more dangerous and expensive or what?  Could
hydrogen, like oxygen, be recycled?
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