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   Message 1,936 of 3,113   
   Tim McDaniel to All   
   Why does it take so long to spacewalk?   
   04 Jul 04 11:05:51   
   
   From: tmcd@panix.com   
      
   I skimmed a story about the recent outside repair mission on ISS.  It   
   mentioned that the spacewalkers were always ahead of schedule, it took   
   1 1/2 hours to go 100 feet from the Russian airlock to the peccant   
   circuit breaker, and it took over six hours total to spacewalk and fix   
   it.   
      
   The minor question: why did they have to go out the Russian airlock?   
      
   The major question: why the heck does it take so long to do work on a   
      
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