Why is a baby monitor picking up video of the space shuttle?
For several days, astronauts on the International Space Station and Russian and American space administrators have been trying to figure out what’s causing some of the station’s vital computer systems to fail. Although there’s no danger to the astronauts’ life-support systems, the failed computers control the thruster system, which controls the station’s orientation. The problem may be linked to the recent installation of new solar arrays. Fortunately, while the space shuttle Atlantis is docked with the space station, its thrusters can be used to alter the station’s orientation. (The station’s orientation is periodically changed so that its solar panels get the maximum possible amount of energy from the
