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Re: Rollout of the New Space Shuttle Intrepid
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Fri, 12 Jan 2001 03:33:58 GMT
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Bryan Hodges wrote:
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> Sweeeeeet... that is a very cool model. I hope you'll make the fuel tank
> and booster rockets, as well as a launch pad and a maintenance rack...
Not surprisingly I have thought about the above things. When you've made
it this far, funny things pop into your head :) The orbiter itself has
been constructed with reinforced external tank mounting points.
There are a couple of things stopping me. First, building the orbiter
was a bit expensive so I am not sure I am ready to ante up the funds
necessary to do the boosters and the tank right away. The ET would have
to be white too - I don't think you can get brown bricks in sizable
quantities. Secondly, I am not sure I can build a set of mounting
hardware strong enough to support the weight of the orbiter when it is
piggybacked to the tank. My guess is the shuttle weighs somewhere around
ten pounds. Finally with the stack in an upright position, I am not sure
how to balance it without some extra fictitious supports. AFAIK the real
shuttle is entirely supported by its three attachment points to the tank
and nothing else. The solid boosters are bolted to the pad to keep the
entire stack from tumbling over.
As for the pad, well in proper minifig scale the shuttle crawler and
mobile launch pad would occupy most of the area of my table. The tower
and service structure would be even larger. That would be a colossal
project.
One thing I may attempt is to do an minifig scale version of the
International Space Station which I would assemble in "real time" (i.e.
a new component every couple of months instep with NASA) This would at
least make the cost of such a project bearable since it would spread
out over five years.
I am already playing around with a Unity node module. The biggest
problem with building the station is the large footprint it would
occupy, as well as trying to figure out how to build large thin solar
arrays that don't sag. Maybe I could cheat and use black cardboard
instead of black lego plates.
--
J. Spencer Rezkalla
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| (...) Suuuuuure... as long as the noose is around your neck, you might as well jump off the horse.... right? :) I've been that far before.. but on MUCH smaller "big" projects - big to me, I guess. :) (...) Actually, as I recall - the first few (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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