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Olympic Torch on the ISS

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  • 20-10-2013 8:30pm
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    space2ground1
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    I've just been watching a pre flight interview with the next ISS crew who will carry an olympic torch with them. Seemingly its going to be brought into open space during an EVA.

    Does anyone else think that given the recent potential disaster with Luca Parmitano's EVA, that this kind of thing is a very unnecessary risk?


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    ThatDrGuy
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    Its not going to be lit from what I've heard. It's just symbolism. It will be tethered also.


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    space2ground1
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    ThatDrGuy wrote: »
    Its not going to be lit from what I've heard. It's just symbolism. It will be tethered also.

    Its moreso that it reflects a sort of relaxation in the seriousness or risk of human spaceflight, EVAs in particular. I've no problem with them bringing it and showing it off on board, but the idea of bringing it outside doesn't sit well with my over careful nature :P


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    ThatDrGuy
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    Fair enough. People have brought all sorts of stuff into space though. From guitars on the ISS ( if anyone has seen Red Dwarf - you know that's a bad idea) to golf club heads on the moon. If the Olympic torch can focus peoples minds on space for a bit, it's probably a good thing. I would be more concerned that it's the idea of a Russian dictator to glorify his hugely corrupt Olympics than any real danger from the object itself.


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    space2ground1
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    Nail on head.. I didn't get a whole heap of enthusiasm from the crew about it. There was a mention that it was about the science and then the torch and not the other way around.

    There's been some gas things brought to space. Didn't Dan Tani bring the flag off the golf course in Cork too. Proud Gaeilgenaut that he is!


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    Taylor365
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    Should get a special surrounding made and light it too.

    I can picture the scene of an astronaut holding the torch, in space, in silhouette facing the earth......










    ...then a 'Adidas' logo saying 'Impossible is Nothing'. :pac:


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    unclebill98
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    Taylor365 wrote: »

    I can picture the scene of an astronaut holding the torch, in space, in silhouette facing the earth......

    See, when you put it like that I think its a great idea!


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