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Re: LEGO in space
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 15 May 2001 18:25:17 GMT
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There is a reason they don't: "outgassing".
All manufactured items slowly release small amounts of gaseous chemicals in
this process. Living on Earth like we do, the often-toxic molecules are
quickly swept away by wind and air circulation. But in a closed tin can for
weeks or years on end, these gases can build up enough to be harmful to the
space crew's health. All objects intended for space use must therefore pass
rigorous tests and be built of special plastics and metal alloys.
Unfortunately, Lego pieces outgas just like most other plastic things.
There was actually a good post about this in lugnet.space, I believe.
--
Paul Davidson
Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:GDDuL8.JGA@lugnet.com...
> There is an article on CNN.com about the first ISS crew building
> a table out of scrap parts.
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> Why don't they send a bunch of LEGO to the ISS? It would have great
> theraputic and social benefits. They could also use it to kludge things
> if necessary.
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> I know a bunch of NASA folks read this board. Who'se going to be the
> brave one?
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> KL
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 | | Re: LEGO in space
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| (...) That's pretty neat! Maybe they could keep them in a toybox outside the station... Dave! (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: LEGO in space
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| That's freaky. I keep most of my stuff in a large plastic storage container that pretty much sealed all the time it's not in use. Does that mean, when I open it up after a few days and put my head in there, digging around that I'm getting a breath (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: LEGO in space
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| Is this true for LEGO bricks? Has anywone quantitatively tested this? I bet there is alot of plastic aboard ISS. They probably have a few (modified) off the shelf laptops. I bet they have ABS in them. KL (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: LEGO in space
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| Not to mention "putting an eye out" with floating Lego ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server Technical Support | Netscape Communications Corp | A division of AOL Time Warner | iPlanet Support - (URL) Please do not associate my personal views (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.general)
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| There is an article on CNN.com about the first ISS crew building a table out of scrap parts. Why don't they send a bunch of LEGO to the ISS? It would have great theraputic and social benefits. They could also use it to kludge things if necessary. I (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.general)
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