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- Expedition 30 Cosmonauts Perform Spacewalk
This image of Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov, both Expedition 30 flight engineers, was taken during a spacewalk on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. During the six-hour, 15-minute spacewalk, Kononenko and Shkaplerov moved the Strela-1 crane from the Pirs Docking Compartment in preparation for replacing it in 2012 with a new laboratory and docking module. The duo used another boom, the Strela-2, to move the hand-operated crane to the Poisk module for future assembly and maintenance work. Both telescoping booms extend like fishing rods and are used to move massive components outside the station. On the exterior of the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2, they also installed the Vinoslivost Materials Sample Experiment, which will investigate the influence of space on the mechanical properties of the materials. The spacewalkers also collected a test sample from underneath the insulation on the Zvezda Service Module to search for any signs of living organisms. Both spacewalkers wore Russian Orlan spacesuits bearing blue stripes and equipped with NASA helmet cameras. Image Credit: NASA
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Category Archives: Foriegn Policy
The Heartbeat of War with Iran – Global Guerrillas
I have written before about the covert threat that Iran poses to the Western Hemisphere and the activity of the Republican Guard within Central America. Here is a quick look at a macro level of the drivers of the current … Continue reading
Posted in Foriegn Policy, Iran, Terrorism, Threats
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Change
Overnight we learn that Kim Jung IL died. One of the interesting parts of my life, was the Brezhnev died, is was in an insulated cocoon at MCRD. Every night after lights out, as part of the routine, we would … Continue reading
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China Beneath the Surface
There have been a lot of articles and reports recently regarding China, and their intentions. Certainly the development of stealthy aircraft, the refurbishment and launching of an aircraft carrier, continued saber rattling in the South China Sea, and the increased … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Economics, Foriegn Policy, Military
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Libyan News
With the end of the revolution in Libya there are a number of interesting facts coming to light. Some of these have particularly alarming implications. It turns out that in addition to harboring terrorists, and sponsoring their activities, Khadafi never … Continue reading
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APAC Developments
A little while back, I posted about the increased intercepts of Chinese aircraft that were happening in Japan. Over the last several days, several other pieces of news in the region caught my eye. Now, maybe it is just me … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Foriegn Policy
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Shocked…
It appears that the International Atomic Energy Agency agrees with what the world has assumed to be true for four years now. Well, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear watchdog agency has come out and said that it strongly thinks … Continue reading
Posted in Foriegn Policy, History, Terrorism
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Border Incursions
Well it looks like things on the southern border are beginning to heat up, and get some more media attention. The most recent focus has seemed to be on the cartel battles taking place within Mexico, and any flow of … Continue reading
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9 Year War and Grand Strategy
Interesting piece of work. “9/11 and the 9-Year War is republished with permission of STRATFOR.” By George Friedman It has now been nine years since al Qaeda attacked the United States. It has been nine years in which the primary … Continue reading
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Korean Garands
A lot of controversy surrounding a recent decision to not allow the return or sale of a number of weapons that we provided to S. Korea. Seems to me that it all is a bunch of nonsense. We provided the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Foriegn Policy, Guns, Politics
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Unintended Consequences
The phrase of the year (or two), “Unintended Consequences”. I think we have certainly seen a lot of that out of our current administration. Today, we see reports of the transfer of significant military hardware within the middle east. Specifically … Continue reading
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