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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: Presidential Politics
President Obama: The Greatest Gun Salesman In America
An interesting observation on the ongoing trend in the firearm industry. Take a hard look at the charts. One of the things that POTUS continues to be bashed on is his handling of the economy. Look at all the tax … Continue reading
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SOTU – Take Aways
POTUS and TOTUS get their opportunity the other night to be on prime time national television and tell the story from their point of view. Did any of you watch? What were your thoughts? What I heard was a campaign … Continue reading
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Nailed It
Tam hits a home run on this one. Well, we have high gas prices, gold is up, the economy’s stagnant, and now the president’s relatives are getting likkered up in public. The second paragraph is the kicker though… go read … Continue reading
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Execution
Over at The Sniper he has the following post up: Just take your sweet A$$ time « The Sniper. Now you need to go read the whole article. It reminds us that words are words, and you need to go … Continue reading
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Watch What You Say
If you parse through enough public speeches you can extract all kinds of contradictory tidbits. However, I found this on amusing so I will share. Sean Linnane: OBAMA’S OWN WORDS TRAP HIM.
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Contrasts
Well the folks over at rightchange.com are putting together some video on contrasting styles. It looks like the first one chooses to contrast the presidential leadership styles that as they apply to Lybia. Regardless of your views on the issue, … Continue reading
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The Bar Lowers Again
The current POTUS and his administration has had a bad series of missteps in the foreign policy area, since day 1. From presenting DVDs to the British Prime Minister, to bowing to Saud to the infamous reset button things have … Continue reading
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OOTY 10 Jan 11
Ouch. I guess this is what happens when you have been advised not to make ad-lib comments and stick to the script.
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Sweet Geekiness
For those of you who have spent many hours in front of a green screen playing the classic text based adventure games, you will enjoy the piece over at Iowahawk. If for some reason you are not famliiar with the … Continue reading
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Clarity of Purpose
Over at “American Thinker” today they had post titles “President Dogbert”. Now being a fan of Dilbert, and seeing many parallels between Dilbert’s daily adventures and my professional experience I was naturally intrigued by the title. The article is a … Continue reading
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