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by ibgames

EARTHDATE: November 18, 2012

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REAL LIFE NEWS: CABLE CUT CUTS OFF ISS

by Hazed

It’s common for people who dig up the road to accidentally slice through a cable, cutting off communications to nearby buildings.

But last week a roadworks cable-cutting mishap severed the comms link to the International Space Station. Yikes!

The cut cable was in Moscow, and it interrupted space traffic briefly, before backup systems kicked in. Comms to the ISS were routed through the USA for the duration of the outage, until the repair crews were able to stitch the cable back together again the next day.

Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/15/russia_space/

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