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