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Space station's leaky hose called poorly designed
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Space station's leaky hose called poorly designed
Associated Press
Saturday, January 24, 2004
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- The hose responsible for the slow air leak
aboard the International Space Station was poorly designed and
cracked in part because crew members kept grabbing it to look out a
window, a NASA official said Friday.
The hose was removed and capped off earlier this month, and the
air pressure aboard the orbiting outpost has since stabilized.
"It's n...
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