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ISS kit - a real Rocket Scientist's perspective
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lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego
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Wed, 3 Sep 2003 22:59:18 GMT
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I recently bought one of these for my brother, who has a PhD in AeroSpace, and
has done some work on the space station. I thought it would be perfect for his
office. He sent me this review:
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I put together the lego space station kit (7467) today over lunch.
It was fun. Thanks!
It's a cute kit, reminiscent of the space station without being too detail
oriented. But, there is one thing I think they could have done better - the
solar panels cannot be aligned to the same direction, specifically the 3 panels
they stuck on the "truss" section that have only one degree of freedom. The
panels attached to the modules (what are those doing there, anyway?) have 2
degrees of freedom, and the bank of panels on the end of the truss has 3 degrees
of freedom. I can tell that the designer of the kit didn't think much about
what solar panels are for, or didn't think that the consumers would care.
Thought you'd enjoy a report. It's on display on top of the bookcase that
people first see as they enter my office.
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| Greetings, Earth-Mortals! I just got and built the 7467 International Space Station kit. Necesito mas, por favor! This is great, and shows the TLC cares about us again, IMHO. The model is simple, but really captures the feel of the ISS. And the cool (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego)
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