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http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/...to-watch-live/
While the Chinese are working on their space station, ISS plans for an additional Russian science module. |
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ISS is growing
Is it not replacing an existing module though?
Hmm, could this be the space version of the everlasting Broom, its only had ten handles and three heads. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "Greg (Strider) Moore" wrote in message m... http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/...to-watch-live/ While the Chinese are working on their space station, ISS plans for an additional Russian science module. |
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...
Is it not replacing an existing module though? No. It's an addition. Hmm, could this be the space version of the everlasting Broom, its only had ten handles and three heads. That's yet to come. But it's a possibility. Brian -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net |
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"Jeff Findley" wrote in message
... In article , says... Is it not replacing an existing module though? Yes, the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) will replace the Pirs Docking Compartment. I believe that the MLM was based on hardware which was originally to become FGB-2. From what I remember, the US insisted on a backup in case there was a problem with FGB-1. Once FGB-1 was successfully launched, work on the module, configured as FGB-2, was suspended. Huh, I stand corrected. I knew it was going on a nadir port, didn't realize it was replacing Pirs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipu...oratory_Module Hmm, could this be the space version of the everlasting Broom, its only had ten handles and three heads. Not really. There are key "core" ISS modules which would be hard, to extremely difficult, to swap. In addition to a link to a picture (at the bottom of this post), I'll attempt to describe the configuration using words. While I tend to agree, I don't underestimate the ingenuity of engineers. :-) That said if anything were to happen it's more likely it would "grow" at one and end shrink at the other. Not to get Bob's hopes up, but if the station lasts long enough, I could see it eventually boosted to a higher orbit simply as an artifact of some sorts instead of de-orbiting it. But that said, I wouldn't place good money on it. It is interesting to look at how varied the station is in terms of what's flown, what's still proposed, what has been cancelled. And the vehicles to get there. On the US side, for example, the US truss is attached to the Destiny laboratory. I'd imagine replacing Destiny would be quite difficult, partly due to the truss, and partly because it's attached to both Node ` 1 and Node 2, which are each attached to other modules. On the Russian side, the Zarya Control Module (FGB-1) and the Zvezda Service Module (DOS-8, a Salyut style module originally intended to be the core module for Mir-2) are not only connected to each other, but are also connected to the US side and to several other Russian modules. So, the "core" of ISS consists of the following modules, essentially all cylinders whose axes are all aligned along a central axis, in the following order: Zvezda, Zarya, PMA-1, Node 1, US Lab, Node 2, and PMA- 2. In addition to the truss being attached to the US Lab module, all other modules are attached radially to: Zvezda, Zarya, Node 1, and Node 2. A pictu http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ain_ISS_config .jpg Jeff -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net |
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