Computers that control navigation and key life-support systems on the International Space Station were partially restored on Thursday after failing the day before. Flight controllers were able to re-establish some communication with the computers overnight, with Russian engineers working Thursday to restore the rest of the system, NASA space station flight director Holly Ridings said. "They've made a lot of progress," she said. "There are some cleanup steps to do still and some investigation."
The U.S. space agency and Russian officials are still trying to determine the cause of a failure affecting multiple computers in the Russian network — computers that control the navigation and control systems that help the station's gyroscopes maintain its orientation in space and also supply oxygen and water to the station. The computer failure occurred in the Russian segment of the orbital outpost, which relies on the resources of 16 nations. While computers had failed before, these failures had never happened all at once, nor to the point where none could reboot. Some of the computers were able to restart Thursday morning, though the reconnection gave the crew a scare by setting off a false fire alarm about an hour and 20 minutes before Thursday's wake-up call.
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The U.S. space agency and Russian officials are still trying to determine the cause of a failure affecting multiple computers in the Russian network — computers that control the navigation and control systems that help the station's gyroscopes maintain its orientation in space and also supply oxygen and water to the station. The computer failure occurred in the Russian segment of the orbital outpost, which relies on the resources of 16 nations. While computers had failed before, these failures had never happened all at once, nor to the point where none could reboot. Some of the computers were able to restart Thursday morning, though the reconnection gave the crew a scare by setting off a false fire alarm about an hour and 20 minutes before Thursday's wake-up call.
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HMMM, did someone upgrade to vista on wednesday
NOte: Yes this was sarcastic i do not expect they would be stupid enough to use windows, or especially stupid to upgrade to vista
(although after reading Croquant's link, i really doubt they would be considering vista
P.S Thats a nice site Croquant, has some real interesting stuff.
Last edited by whocares78 on 15 Jun 2007 - 07:46
HMMM, did someone upgrade to vista on wednesday
I imagine you're being sarcastic; These PCs use custom firmwares/BIOSs, MB, OS (problably dont even have), and are programmed at a low-level to do what they are programed to do; You cant use internet nor use Messenger on these things.
http://www.dansdata.com/spacecomp.htm
Last edited by Jugalator on 15 Jun 2007 - 08:32
And yes sarcasm again
Last edited by warwagon on 15 Jun 2007 - 03:57
Watts: Move it! You don't know the components!
Lev Andropov: [annoyed] Components! American components, Russian components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!
Lev Andropov: This is how we fix things on Russian space station! [hits panel with tool]
From IMDB.
HAL 9000: I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that.
Im sorry but I cant allow you to install that new array
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