kerbiloid Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Imho, just polite, pleasant words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 This has been spotted on eBay, new owner unknown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RyanRising Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 3 hours ago, DDE said: This has been spotted on eBay, new owner unknown: I know I saw a Twitter thread where someone bought that thing with their stimulus check, but I cannot for the lift of me find it right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) Why do they need old chairs? Edited March 19, 2021 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share Posted March 19, 2021 I was liking some rocket or satellite model at a space conference decades ago when I was a student, and figured I'd ask the booth people if they ever got rid of them, or didn't feel like carting it back. The guy said the model I was looking at cost over $10,000 (this was in the late 80s I think). Sadly, he took it back with him instead of giving it to me (didn't hurt to ask—it NEVER hurts to ask). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 "My telescope is a lake" https://baikalgvd.jinr.ru/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 You can not just look into the telescope, but also swm and fish in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clamp-o-Tron Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Blue Soyuz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 hours ago, Clamp-o-Tron said: Blue Soyuz. It looks great... until you have to film it against a white background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Think positive. There could be the sun above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceFace545 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 10 hours ago, Clamp-o-Tron said: Blue Soyuz. Isn't it for a Yuri Gagarin anniversary? I think the white is supposed to look like condensation on the old soyuzs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 hours ago, SpaceFace545 said: Isn't it for a Yuri Gagarin anniversary? I think the white is supposed to look like condensation on the old soyuzs Just had the evening news cite that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 2 hours: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Kerman Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 3/16/2021 at 2:38 PM, kerbiloid said: It's equipped with "hybrid docking adaptor", made of the hard-capture ring from APAS-95-derived IDSS and the soft=capture probe from Almaz-derived modules. Also, it doesn't have grapple fixtures for Canadarm, so it can't take it. But it may be equipped with grapple fixtures for Aist, used by ERA. But ERA can't attach to the Canadarm grapple fixtures to walk. Reveal hidden contents So, unlikely it's compatible with IDA/PMA. No, having Nauka DOCK to PMA-1, and the Canadarm could plausibly have a little adapter a "Glove" if you will that can adapt it to the ERA/Aist Grapple fixture, and visa versa with ERA and Canadarm's LEE (latching end effector thor those who don;t know, it's the "hand" bit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Ziggy Kerman said: having Nauka DOCK to PMA-1 With which port? Nauka is to be docked to Zvezda with SSVP-M docking adaptor. PMA-1 is equipped with IDSS-compatible docking adaptor. The only common thing they have is the hard-capture ring. 4 hours ago, Ziggy Kerman said: Canadarm could plausibly have a little adapter a "Glove" if you will that can adapt it to the ERA/Aist Grapple fixture They are two absolutely different grappling fixtures based on different principles. ERA/Aist is more like a miniature docking port, while Canadarm adaptor is a garrote put on the neck of a mushroom. Both using different standards. Edited March 25, 2021 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman.Spiff Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 NSF recently released a great article about Mir. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/03/twenty-years-deorbit-mirs-legacy/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Corny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scotius Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Now that's a beautiful shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 9 hours ago, Scotius said: Now that's a beautiful shot Fascinating how the new trench at Vostochnyi is more angular and Energia-like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) Edited March 26, 2021 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 "Fine for littering. Nice for dumping." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 https://www.interfax.ru/russia/758160 Roscosmos, by hands of TsNIIMash + Energy Corp., started development of the first anthropomorphic droid for EVA. The "Teledroid" project should come to fruition by 2025. Currently it's at the draft design phase. It will look like a legless human and be teleoperated by a teleoperator, copying his movements (so, it's actually an avatar). Also it will be able to perform some basic operations on its own. The previously used Fedor will be one of its prototypes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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