RSS- Open Thread – 10 May 2024
- Russia can lose this war by Timothy Snyder
- Inaugural crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner
- Orangutans and traditional medicine
- Tatarigami’s assessment of the situation at Chasiv Yar and Ocheretyne
- Open Thread – 1 May 2024
- Barbara Ann on The Great Taking
- William Eaton and The Battle of Derna
- The battle for Ocheretyne
- Supreme Court oral arguments to be heard on April 25 about presidential immunity for official acts
Seems the Nauka accident was a little more serious than what was first reported. Rather than a 45 degree tilt, the ISS “spun one-and-a-half revolutions – about 540 degrees – before coming to a stop upside down. The space station then did a 180-degree forward flip to get back to its original orientation,” according to the official report. I guess it wasn’t a wild ride, but it must have been plenty disconcerting. I hope they pulled the fuel lines on the Nauka module as a precaution. Good luck to the Statliner launch and docking.