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ISS Solar array producing power despite rip
Thought this Story optimizes the FIRST saying "Purpose over pimpness"
http://cmsimg.floridatoday.com/apps/...=650&ti tle=0
Quote:
The second wing was being deployed without incident when a 2.5-foot rip suddenly was spotted in one of its solar blankets. The astronauts quickly aborted the operation at only
80 percent complete.
Remarkably, the loss in power production is only three percent. As it turned out, no critical power feed lines -- only blanket material -- were damaged.
The wing is "getting all the power we need," Suffredini said. "It doesn't have to look good; it just needs to give us power. So it's not about style points at this point with this array."
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