A new use for the ISS |
A new use for the ISS |
Jul 12 2008, 10:25 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I know there's about as much chance of this happening as there is of Keira Knightley ringing me up and asking me to show her the stars on the next clear night, but what a wonderful, wonderful idea...
Moving the ISS -------------------- |
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Jul 14 2008, 11:30 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Oooh, I like that!
I can almost hear "The Blue Danube" looking at that pic... -------------------- |
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Jul 14 2008, 01:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 593 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 279 |
I can almost hear "The Blue Danube" looking at that pic... ...and the real anorak will note that, with the radius defined by the array lengths, and a spin rate of 3rpm (i.e. the highest possible before the cusp of nausea) the onboard artificial gravity will be... (sounds of scribbled calculations on the back of a golden envelope) ..."Martian". Andy |
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