[FPSPACE] Jim's comment on torn solar array repair, NBC News, Saturday evening

[Jim Oberg]

Jim's comment on torn solar array repair, NBC News, Saturday evening



Viewers in the EDT/CDT missed this because the ND/Navy game went long, so an
abbreviated 'Nightly News' was required. But NBC redid the whole half hour for
MDT and PDT viewers, so the segment WAS broadcast out west.

The video is indexed here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/

High-wire act fixes space station
Nov. 3: In one of the most dangerous spacewalks ever, two astronauts braved a risky seven-hour mission to repair a solar panel on the international space station. NBC's Tom Costello reports. [..and Jim Oberg comments]

Video (including opening ad) is
http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&brand=msnbc&tab=m5&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/&fg=&from=00&vid=366993bb-e48b-4798-b7c9-7ab335e9be38&playlist=videoByTag:mk:us:vs:0:tag:News_Editors%20Picks:ns:MSNVideo_Top_Cat:ps:10:sd:-1:ind:1:ff:8A

Earlier, I had prepared a list (with the help of my friends and colleagues) of comparably risky and critical spacewalks, rating them on urgency, on their compressed preparation time, and their unusuual hazards to the spacewalkers:
The most dramatic spacewalks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21602341/