Space Forum / Space Station / December 2006

Hypothetical situation: An ISS astronaut is doing his/her 6 month stint
aboard the space station. If that astronaut has some type of personal
tragedy at home (medical emergency/sickness/death of a loved one, etc.)
is there anything in the rule book that would allow them to abort ...

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-121906a.html
Astronaut cuts her hair in space for charity

anybody else but me have problems with the terminology in the caption?
A Toxic Leak Haunts the Shuttle Crew
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/16/science/space/16shuttle.html?_r=2&ref=science&
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By JOHN SCHWARTZ, NY Times

I was wonder if Nasa packs extra  food on board in case the crew has to stay
on orbit longer than expected, like on this mission.

That's a great shot (supposedly over the Florida panhandle), of
Christer translating around the base of the spar with Beamer up on the
end of the arm.  The half-furled array is the upper 2/3 of the picture,
and white gear (arm and spar) contrast nicely with the black of space.

What is the plan for the P6 array after STS-116? Will the furled section be
unfurled again or repositioned? Thanks,
David

Looking good so far. No issues being looked at.
Count resumed at T-9 with no indication of a hold at t-5.
BTW, NASA TV on real-video is 20 seconds late.  (I guess delays caused by
compression and decompression algorythms + transmission times).

Just a thought or two on the projected Moon Base.
Pictures that I have seen so far are square or round objects on the surface,
and wondered if these are realistic views of the base.
Only the first thing that springs to mind is the vulnerabilty to meteor

My husband's birthday is right after Christmas and he collects signed books.
Is this about Buzz Aldrin's trip back from the moon?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170058818616

Keeping ISS alive and thereby worth doing something constructive is
exactly what should happen.
However, instead of pushing it into the somewhat lethal and otherwise
interactively pesky moon L2 zone that's a little extra IR/FIR toasty