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

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

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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