[Scan-DC] Space Station in Evacuation Mode

[Andrew]

ISS is on radio silence I gather.  You can follow twitters from a  
space writer here who is covering the story

http://twitter.com/Nancy_A



On Mar 12, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Andrew wrote:

> http://adjix.com/g5pq
>
> From the BNO Newsroom.
>
> INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (BNO NEWS) -- The International Space
> Station (ISS) crew is taking precautionary measures while it is
> awaiting a possible space debris collision, a NASA spokeswoman tells
> BNO News.
>
> "A collision is possible and to avoid that, the crew will enter the
> Soyuz capsule at 12.34 p.m. EDT until 12.45 p.m. EDT to evacuate in
> case there is an impact," the spokeswoman said. The official described
> the possibility of an actual impact as "low" but said it is a rare
> event.
>
> The size of the space debris is reported to be 0.009 meters. "Tracking
> data says the object will be within a 4.5 kilometer range," she added.
>
> Further details were not immediately available.
>
>
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