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French Un aspect du travail qui fait peut-être moins rêver : la maintenance. La Station c’est un très *très* gros vaisseau, donc il y a toujours de quoi faire pour entretenir, réparer, améliorer ou remettre en état. Sur cette vidéo censée illustrer la phrase précédente, on dirait que Mark fait tout le boulot au son de mon banjo (en fait, un filtre), mais ne faites pas confiance à vos premières impressions : j’étais concentré en train de le guider à partir des procédures sur ma tablette.
English 100 days in space for #MissionAlpha. It feels like a long time ago, but we also installed new toilets shortly after arriving. I was looking at the procedures on the tablet velcroed to my thigh, and yes, this filter looked so much like a banjo, I had to. The same video specialist at ESA who edits the timelapse videos (and much, much more!), Melanie Cowan, spotted this clip from the Space Station onboard camera views, added some music and the result is… perfectly embarrassing! . True story: I actually helped Mark on this day. A little. Maybe. No one knows.