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Old January 31st 06, 10:48 PM posted to sci.space.station
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Spacesuit goes overboard for unusual mission

Worn-out suit recycled into miniature satellite sending out a radio beacon

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11102068/

By James Oberg, NBC News space analyst // Special to MSNBC

Updated: 2:52 p.m. ET Jan. 31, 2006

HOUSTON - It sounds like a scene from science fiction: A lone figure is
cast off from the space station, getting smaller and smaller as it drifts
out into empty space.

In this case, however, no human will actually be at risk. When the crew
members aboard the international space station toss a worn-out spacesuit
over the side, it will be empty except for an interesting amateur radio
experiment.

During a spacewalk scheduled this Friday, astronaut Bill McArthur and
cosmonaut Valery Tokarev will spend six hours carrying out assembly, repair
and inspection work on the space station - and one photogenic feat of "space
littering."

It won't be the first time an old Russian spacesuit has been tossed
overboard, but "SuitSat," as it is called, has an actual mission.

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Old February 1st 06, 12:57 PM posted to sci.space.station
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I would think with any outgassing from the old suit that it would
tend to spin up.

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"Craig Fink" wrote in message
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I would think with any outgassing from the old suit that it would
tend to spin up.

yeah, so?

if you do some research, you can use a police scanner to listen in on the
transmissions. 145.990 I believe.


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On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:06:56 -0600, Tater Schuld wrote:


"Craig Fink" wrote in message
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I would think with any outgassing from the old suit that it would
tend to spin up.

yeah, so?

if you do some research, you can use a police scanner to listen in on the
transmissions. 145.990 I believe.

Cool.

I was under the impression that the other suit released from the Space
Stations were empty of air and a lot of parts. This one sounds like it's
going to have air and parts.

If it spins up, the pictures might not turn out and it's could make it
harder to listen too. Depending on how directional the antenna is.

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On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:06:56 -0600, Tater Schuld wrote:


"Craig Fink" wrote in message
news
I would think with any outgassing from the old suit that it would
tend to spin up.

yeah, so?

if you do some research, you can use a police scanner to listen in on the
transmissions. 145.990 I believe.

Cool.

I was under the impression that the other suits released from the Space
Station were empty of air and a lot of parts. This one sounds like it's
going to have air and parts.

If it spins up, the pictures might not turn out and it could make it
harder to listen too. Depending on how directional the antenna is.

--
Craig Fink
Courtesy E-Mail Welcome @
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On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 21:48:19 GMT, "Jim Oberg"
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Spacesuit goes overboard for unusual mission

Worn-out suit recycled into miniature satellite sending out a radio beacon

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11102068/

By James Oberg, NBC News space analyst // Special to MSNBC

Updated: 2:52 p.m. ET Jan. 31, 2006


Nice Story Jim! I just ran across it and gave it 5 stars. I don't
suppose the video from October 1993 is somewhere on the internet?

-- David

 




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