The sea level station shall function independently of other equipment that may be installed in the vicinity (i.e. meteorological or other oceanographic equipment).

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So over the course of the day on Thursday and Friday, an emergency spacewalk plan was put together and given the okay by NASA. During that time, the pump to the array was shut down, leaving the station to function on only 7 of its 8 solar arrays.

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The most amazing thing about the new station is that it's built on stilts that function more like legs that can elevate the station above snow and ice.

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The robot sentry, the Samson Remote Weapon Station, could function without human intervention, says David Ishai of Rafael, its Israeli manufacturer, based in Haifa.

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Kobel says between 500 and 700 people are working on the project at any time, building below ground while the old station continues to function above.

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This includes a completely different propulsion system, larger solar panels, and also the orbital module (which is designed to function on its own, as a sort of space station, for six to eight months).

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