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Questions about Cupola
I have taken a look at the image gallery on the spaceflight web site.
When they relocated the Cupola, is it correct to state that there was a vacuum inside because there is CBM hatch in the cupola itself ? The original US segment holes had a very clean vestibule covered with some plastic (or fabric) membrane to hide all the connectors below. Right now, all of the systems in the cupola appear to be rather bare, exposed, with cables and water tubes visible. Is this to be permanent, or will all those eventually be covered up with some similar membrane ? The ATU and the robotic workstation have been mentioned. What other systems are present in the Cupola ? Is then a return air duct through the CBM or is the only ventilation available through the hatch ? If there is no active ventilation, will air from node 3 be sufficient to prevent condensation on the windows ? Are there heaters in the windows ? Heaters for the cabin air in the cupola ? Will the windows normally remain open for casual use ? Or will they be closed and opened only when they are formally needed ? For instance, if a crew member wants to listen to an ipod for some minutes suring rest time, could he go to the cipola and open the windows without ground control permission ? |
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Questions about Cupola
On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:08:26 GMT, "Brian Gaff"
wrote: They did mention that at least in the short term, the window shutters will only be opened when needed. I think they are mindful of debris damaging them. There is a lot of area there. Jorge posted the "cupola rules" on NASAspaceflight.com. Evidently the two forward-facing windows are to be opened only when needed, because they have the lion's share of the debris impact risk. The rest can be opened at the crew's discretion, except when a Shuttle is arriving or departing (plume impact hazard.) Brian |
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John Doe wrote: I have taken a look at the image gallery on the spaceflight web site. When they relocated the Cupola, is it correct to state that there was a vacuum inside because there is [no] CBM hatch in the cupola itself ? Yes. They had to go through a long procedure to depressurize it prior to unberthing. I think PMA's are the same. The original US segment holes had a very clean vestibule covered with some plastic (or fabric) membrane to hide all the connectors below. Right now, all of the systems in the cupola appear to be rather bare, exposed, with cables and water tubes visible. Is this to be permanent, or will all those eventually be covered up with some similar membrane ? The ATU and the robotic workstation have been mentioned. That Robotic Workstation hasn't actually been moved yet. There was some problem with unexpected physical interference from other hardware that had to be dealt with first. This is probably one reason why the vestibules have been left open. It will be interesting to see that RWS in its final location. The whole setup, with its deep control panel and multiple monitors spread out, seems kidn of big for the limited space in the Cupola. -- Jordan. |
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