The orginal report in Russian http://www.rian.ru/technology/cosmos/20070202/60093948.html states only: "To avoid possible danger from bigger debris pieces, the correction maneuvres are executed, after coordination discussions were made between Russian and U.S. control centers." I.e., the spokesperson of the Russian CUP in Korolev was talking about normal procedures used for collision avoidance. The translation into English shifted the meaning of original Russian sentence. (Excuse my poor English, I am autodidact in English language). Orginal in Russian: "Π§ΡΠΎΠ±Ρ Π·Π°ΡΠΈΡΠΈΡΡ ΠΠΠ‘ ΠΎΡ Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΡΠΎΠ»ΠΊΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ Ρ ΠΊΡΡΠΏΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΎΠ±Π»ΠΎΠΌΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΌΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΡΡΠΎΡΠ°, ΠΏΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡΡΡ ΠΌΠ°Π½Π΅Π²Ρ ΡΠΊΠ»ΠΎΠ½Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΠΠ‘ - ΠΌΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠΌ ΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΠΈΡ Π² ΡΡΠΎΡΠΎΠ½Ρ. Π Π΅ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΎΠ²Π΅Π΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ ΡΡΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΌΠ°Π½Π΅Π²ΡΠ° ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π΅Ρ ΡΠΎΡΡΠΈΠΉΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π¦Π£Π ΡΠΎΠ²ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠ½ΠΎ Ρ ΠΊΠΎΡΠΌΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΌ Π¦Π΅Π½ΡΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈ ΠΠΆΠΎΠ½ΡΠΎΠ½Π° Π² Π₯ΡΡΡΡΠΎΠ½Π΅", - ΡΠΊΠ°Π·Π°Π» ΡΠΎΠ±Π΅ΡΠ΅Π΄Π½ΠΈΠΊ Π°Π³Π΅Π½ΡΡΡΠ²Π°. < ------------ PΕ―vodnΓ zprΓ‘va ------------ < Od: Greg Williams <k4hsm@lock-net.com> < PΕedmΔt: Correction: ISS NOT moved to avoid debris < Datum: 04.2.2007 07:24:08 < ---------------------------------------- < According to a source on a NASA forum, ISS was not moved and no orbital < change was made. The following is from the forum. < < Here's the details -- pass around as you like: < < UPI's Moscow bureau sent out a news story Friday PM < that the space station had to change orbit to avoid < collision with a fragment of a Chinese rocket that was < destroyed last month in the anti-satellite test. < < The entire story is here: < http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20070202-013112-8664r < < The story is NOT true, and should be disregarded. < < There has been no maneuver in space, and none are currently < planned -- I verified with NASA spokesman John Ira Petty in Houston. < < The UPI story claims it is based on a 'Novosti' news agency < story. I found the story, in English, and it DOES say that < "We are diverting the orbit of the ISS to prevent a possible collision < with large fragments of space debris, a decision the Russian Mission Control < took together with the Johnson Space Center in Houston," a < Russian Mission Control spokesman told Novosti Friday. < http://en.rian.ru/world/20070202/60105727.html < < Sort of. < < Novosti botched the translation, and UPI didn't realize it -- < and didn't try to verify with NASA. < < Here's the original Russian story: < http://rian.ru/technology/cosmos/20070202/60093948.html < < Not to show off or anything .... I get by in Russian, and < here's the much more accurate translation of the verb tenses: < "In order to protect ISS from the possibility of collision with big < pieces of space junk, < we conduct a maneuver of avoidance to lead the station to the side. < The Russian MCC takes the decision of carrying out this maneuver < together with the Johnson space center in Houston." < < The Russian expert at Moscow Mission Control is speaking < HYPOTHETICALLY. This is, he explains, what we DO in order < to keep the station safe from space junk. < < It's NOT what we have just DONE, today. It has nothing < to do with actual events today. The verb tenses indicate that. < < It's kind of scary how an alarming story can blast off, on < such a volatile and frightening subject, based on misunderstanding. < < So it's only fair that the story has been featured on Drudge Report < all day Saturday!! < < -- < Greg Williams < K4HSM < k4hsm@knology.net < < http://www.twiar.org < http://www.etskywarn.net < < ------------------------------------------------------------------------- < Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: < http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html < < < < Mgr. Antonin Vitek, CSc. Office: Main Library, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Narodni 3, CZ-11522 Praha 1 - Phone: +420/221 403 255, fax +420/224 240 611 Home: Kytin 127, CZ-25210 Mnisek p. B., Czech Republic Phone: +420/318 592 865, cell +420/603 148 201 - Coord.: 14.2178 deg E, 49.8485 deg N, 442 m ASL My satellite home page: http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/index.html Office e-mail: AVITEK@LIB.CAS.CZ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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