From: rellim113@hotmail.com   
      
   "Tim McDaniel"  wrote in message   
   news:cc99sv$eiq$1@tmcd.austin.tx.us...   
   > 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   
      
   Well, for the first part, the American suits had something wrong with them   
   (leaks?).  This forced the crew to use the Russian suits, which couldn't   
   talk to the American radio equipment at the US airlock.  Ergo, the Russian   
   suits had to talk to the Russian radios, which were only in place at the   
   Russian airlock.   
      
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