Also following the spacewalk on Nasa TV via internet. They have gone to free drift mode because the gyro's in the russian part were up to 90% of their maxium load and have to be reset. Greetings and clear, dark skies Leo Barhorst, Medemblik NL Cospar 4252 52.76350 N 5.09114 E 2 m ASL http://www.home.zonnet.nl/leobarhorst/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Locker" <john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk> To: <inside_ksc@yahoogroups.com> Cc: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>; <HumanSpaceflight@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 11:03 AM Subject: ISS EVA well under way > This morning's EVA is well under way with good digital sat tv pics coming > into Europe , live. > > I just heard a comment about going into free drift , this seems to relate to > the position of the crew relative to the axis of the station. > Just a thought , if the crew are out on the limb of the complex as it were , > does this create a see-saw effect , or am I over simplifying matters ? > > Regards, > > John > > (Was hoping to catch a transit later but we are stuck under thorms) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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