Russia Smartens Up In Space

and begins using Progress upper stages on orbit :

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20071226/94184642.html

"Russia's Progress M-61 cargo spacecraft, which was detached from the
ISS on December 22, will be used as a platform for technical
experiments, mission control said earlier.

"The spacecraft, which is at the end of its service life, will not be
buried at the 'spacecraft cemetery' in the Pacific, but will be sent on
an independent voyage," it said.

The cargo ship, like its predecessor, Progress M-60, will be used for
experimental purposes before being allowed to burn up in the Earth's
atmosphere."

It looks like our program to instill rationality in LEO spacecraft and
mission design is already bearing fruit. Why don't you just bring those
old progresses over to our station. We'll have a new year's eve party.

On Dec 26, 10:20 am, kT wrote:
and begins using Progress upper stages on orbit :

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20071226/94184642.html

"Russia's Progress M-61 cargo spacecraft, which was detached from the
ISS on December 22, will be used as a platform for technical
experiments, mission control said earlier.

"The spacecraft, which is at the end of its service life, will not be
buried at the 'spacecraft cemetery' in the Pacific, but will be sent on
an independent voyage," it said.

The cargo ship, like its predecessor, Progress M-60, will be used for
experimental purposes before being allowed to burn up in the Earth's
atmosphere."

Perhaps it'll eventually get parked within the moon's L1, before China
takes up that critical location. What's the mass and how much fuel is
onboard?

- Brad Guth

Just wondering if the rubbish truck used by our council could be retro
fitted with some experiments to keep the taxes down a bit. Any suggestions
of good experiments to mount on the truck?

*grin*

Brian

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On Dec 26, 10:20 am, kT wrote:
and begins using Progress upper stages on orbit :

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20071226/94184642.html

"Russia's Progress M-61 cargo spacecraft, which was detached from the
ISS on December 22, will be used as a platform for technical
experiments, mission control said earlier.

"The spacecraft, which is at the end of its service life, will not be
buried at the 'spacecraft cemetery' in the Pacific, but will be sent on
an independent voyage," it said.

The cargo ship, like its predecessor, Progress M-60, will be used for
experimental purposes before being allowed to burn up in the Earth's
atmosphere."

Perhaps it'll eventually get parked within the moon's L1, before China
takes up that critical location. What's the mass and how much fuel is
onboard?

- Brad Guth

Brian Gaff wrote:

Just wondering if the rubbish truck used by our council could be retro
fitted with some experiments to keep the taxes down a bit. Any suggestions
of good experiments to mount on the truck?

Sure, a HDTV camera, for ISS flyby's.

Think you can handle it, big boy?

On Dec 27, 6:33 am, kT wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:
Just wondering if the rubbish truck used by our council could be retro
fitted with some experiments to keep the taxes down a bit. Any suggestions
of good experiments to mount on the truck?

Sure, a HDTV camera, for ISS flyby's.

Think you can handle it, big boy?

But that camera (no matters how fancy and spendy) can't have as good
of DR as my cell phone camera, so that other planets can't ever be
seen, even though our physically dark moon that looks so blue (as it
should under all of that sodium atmosphere) to those bandpass filtered
cameras of JAXA and China keeps showing up.

- Brad Guth

On Dec 27, 11:13*am, BradGuth wrote:
On Dec 27, 6:33 am, kT wrote:

Brian Gaff wrote:
Just wondering if the rubbish truck *used by our council could be retro
fitted with some experiments to keep the taxes down a bit. Any suggestions
of good experiments to mount on the truck?

Sure, a HDTV camera, for ISS flyby's.

Think you can handle it, big boy?

But that camera (no matters how fancy and spendy) can't have as good
of DR as my cell phone camera, so that other planets can't ever be
seen, even though our physically dark moon that looks so blue (as it
should under all of that sodium atmosphere) to those bandpass filtered
cameras of JAXA and China keeps showing up.

Brad, "blue moon" means the second full moon in the same calendar
month:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/blue%20moon

It has nothing to do with the color of the moon, more accurate is that
it is a time interval, considered long.

Also, there is no sodium atmosphere on the moon nor is there a salt
stream between the earth and the moon. In fact, the nice thing about
sea water evaporation and rain is the lack of salt in the latter.