falkor
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according to Marc Bennetts article in THE TIMES on Friday ..... a burning smell incident occurred on the ISS on Thursday.
But what caught my attention, was the assertion by former Cosmonaut Solovyov (in that article) that superficial fissures had been discovered on the ISS. The ISS was built in 1998 and at that time designed with a 15 year lifespan. Solovyov continued that 'the fissures will begin to spread over time.'
Well , I am sure that many a classic Rover going through an MOT has brought to light a "superficial fissure" and that this very event sparked an MOT failure necessitating a welding job of £100s to lay it to rest. No doubt that welding 250 miles above the Earth, is too hazardous to contemplate, that would definitely bring on a major case of a burning smell, so is that why the ISS was deemed to have only a 15 year lifespan? Solovyov said that 80% of the inflight systems were passed their expiry date, so we've got dodgy inflight systems and superficial fissures on an "ageing space platform" 250 miles up, what could go wrong?
I cant help but think we all have 80% of our inflight systems on our classic cars passed their sell by date, but we have gravity (and the AA) that's the difference.
Back in the 1970s the MET POLICE revered their fleet of P6 Rovers so much so that as the end of the line approached in 1977, they stockpiled so many in warehouses that we ended up with S reg P6 Rovers hurtling around London , not with a 15 year lifespan, more like 15 months as anything with 40,000 on the clock went to the Police Car Auctions , they were the days
But what caught my attention, was the assertion by former Cosmonaut Solovyov (in that article) that superficial fissures had been discovered on the ISS. The ISS was built in 1998 and at that time designed with a 15 year lifespan. Solovyov continued that 'the fissures will begin to spread over time.'
Well , I am sure that many a classic Rover going through an MOT has brought to light a "superficial fissure" and that this very event sparked an MOT failure necessitating a welding job of £100s to lay it to rest. No doubt that welding 250 miles above the Earth, is too hazardous to contemplate, that would definitely bring on a major case of a burning smell, so is that why the ISS was deemed to have only a 15 year lifespan? Solovyov said that 80% of the inflight systems were passed their expiry date, so we've got dodgy inflight systems and superficial fissures on an "ageing space platform" 250 miles up, what could go wrong?
I cant help but think we all have 80% of our inflight systems on our classic cars passed their sell by date, but we have gravity (and the AA) that's the difference.
Back in the 1970s the MET POLICE revered their fleet of P6 Rovers so much so that as the end of the line approached in 1977, they stockpiled so many in warehouses that we ended up with S reg P6 Rovers hurtling around London , not with a 15 year lifespan, more like 15 months as anything with 40,000 on the clock went to the Police Car Auctions , they were the days