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the first hot shower in space.”
Didn't Skylab have a shower?
“Heating sample to 500 degrees Celsius. This will cause the hydrates to release their volatiles—that is, chemical compounds with low boiling points.”
not sure how this really drives the story forward - feels more like an infodump
two-hundred-volt charge
volts are a measure of potential difference, not charge
“Negative to a hard reboot, Nicole. The Konstantin’s OS is a hypervisor—a collection of virtual machines that are instantiated on demand with integral failover capability. The ship was designed for continual uptime.
So much pointless detail. Then again, it should be clustered with enough spare capacity to pick up the workload in the event of a processor failure.
man-hours
A legacy term
However, the engine was eventually mounted, and with Tsukada’s and Chindarkar’s assistance, custom piping, valves, fuel pumps, cold-gas thrusters, solar panels, and circuitry were fashioned to complete the robotic tug based on a CAD plan transmitted by Catalyst managers. Once the tug’s OS was loaded and diagnostics run, mission control declared it ready for use.
Another infodump which could have been part of the story
A Kazakh customs officer in a peaked hat got out as the side door opened.
Why did they land in Kazakhstan?
