AP is at it again; they never seem to get things quite right. And CNN's web 
site editors missed the gaffe.

In the story
   Gyroscope trouble delays spacewalk
at
   http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/06/11/space.shuttle.ap/index.html
on work being done on the ISS, the article says:
"During the planned spacewalk, astronaut James Reilly and Danny Olivas intended 
to connect a new, 35,000-pound segment to the space station and remove bolts 
and restraints holding a solar array in place on the segment. The array, to be 
unfolded later in the mission, will add about 14 kilowatts of power-generating 
capability to the station. It isn't much -- a 100-watt bulb left on for 10 
hours uses one kilowatt -- but it adds to the station's other solar arrays."

Of course, a 100 W bulb draws 1 kW·h of electrical **energy** in 10 hours. That 
is not the same as 1 kW of electrical **power**.

Jim



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