Fossum Chats with Houston Chronicle

[bood3e]

Well I'm not quite that high ... in space

[Woosly192]

7:25 there's someone passing behind him =)

[ThomasARickhoff]

@Woosly192 Probably Sathoshi Furukawa since he said Sergei Volkov was in the Russian segment. Probably passing from Node 3 to Airlock

[JoeFervor]

nice

[BassPlayerGuy123]

do you miss pizza? and getting laid?

[AreYouHappyYet]

Hey aren't you guys scared if a solar flare hits you while in space. You guys are predicting one in 2012. So will you be okay??

[ThomasARickhoff]

@AreYouHappyYet The space station has some radiation shielding. Certain areas are even more shielded (i.e. sleep compartments). This will not be the first time a solar flare has hit the Space Station.

[AreYouHappyYet]

@ThomasARickhoff yes but this one is the massive one that happens every three years

[ThomasARickhoff]

@AreYouHappyYet I remember hearing about something ironically about 9 years ago and they had the astronauts wear vests or stay in a certain area of the station or something. The crew is also well protected by the Earth's magnetic field. The only real worry would be electronics on the station or if they were in a higher orbit.

[ThomasARickhoff]

@AreYouHappyYet Definitely something to think about tho. And I am sure NASA and the international partners are on top of it. ;)

[AreYouHappyYet]

@ThomasARickhoff I mean every 12 years 

[Icix1]

well im not that high...in space

[2MyTubes]

Occupy Space

[MsMcBell]

=))



[1Nekit1]

Fossum... what a guy

[hackneysaregreat]

How much I wish I could hang out in that Cupola...

[baboonsquadron]

OCCUPY ISS !