NASA salvages old space shuttle parts for the ISS

engadget ^ | Mariella Moon

[BenLurkin]

NASA has apparently been stripping and reusing parts from old spacecraft, because when you have lofty goals and a limited budget, you gotta do what you gotta do. For instance, it's salvaging the four water tanks installed on the space shuttle Endeavour this week, so the agency can use them to build a new storage system for the International Space Station. Those tanks can store 300 liters in all that can last for 25 to 27 days: they're expected to help free more time for the crew to spend on their experiments. Also, according to NASA spokesperson Daniel Huot, they "could greatly reduce the overall cost to build the new system." Refilling the space station's water reservoir can be time-consuming, since the astronauts recycle every ounce of liquid they can, including urine and sweat.

[cripplecreek]

If they work, good deal.

[Diogenesis]

Pathetic.

Ruined NASA was sent by the undocumented Tyrant to improve
Moslem self-esteem and to enforce the
PC Manmade Global Warming Hoax ... instead of being
in LEO, and on the Moon and Mars.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Or they could call The Martian. He recycles too. 8<)

[pas]

Then can all your damn global warming studies

[MUDDOG]

And how does this help with Muslim outreach?

[moovova]

I hope there aren’t any Lucas electrics in those old spacecraft.

[WMarshal]

I’m sure that Trump, if he becomes president, will look at all the different federal agencies and see if they are focused on their core mission. If an agency, such as NASA, is not focused on its core mission of space expiration and technology development I’m sure he will redirect NASA and purge any bureaucrats who aren’t either a good fit for the NASA or refuse to do their job.

[PIF]

A previous Tyrant killed the original Orion Project whose motto was “Mars by 1965, Saturn by 1970”.

[DoodleDawg]

I can’t believe that people look on a government agency that reuses equipment and saves money as something to be criticized.

[BwanaNdege]

I hope there aren’t any Lucas electrics in those old spacecraft.

No, but there were rumors that the earlier Shuttles used SU carburetors. These were proven TOTALLY false!

They were Strombergs.

:-)

[MUDDOG]

[Original Lurker]

NASA? NASA! I thought they were supposed to make those barbaric, Mohammadist animals feel “good” about being barbaic, savage animals. Islam is a blight upon the world. Savage, savage animals is what Islam is..

Islam, Liberalism - Partners in Satan’s “Progress”.

[MUDDOG]

Post #12 — They blocked the picture (Jupiter 2).

[Lx]

For one million dollars to NASA. Each.

[BenLurkin]

Thought it was going to be Salvage 1:

[Prov1322]

Here are the Twin SU's I remember wrestling with on several Volvo's from the 60's...

Always fun in the winter when moisture formed in the chamber and FROZE in the winter in New England. You'd think a car made in Sweden would have figured that out much earlier...

[MUDDOG]

Perfect!

[SunkenCiv]

:’) The Skylab comm system was recycled from Gemini — a sensible, cost-saving measure, since both were orbital.

[BwanaNdege]

'59 PV544, Chicago, winter of 1972. Cracked exhaust manifold boiled the gas in the SU's leading to an engine fire while tooling down the Kennedy Expressway on my way to work one morning.