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Re: Wings [was: Re: Building big]
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lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 26 Jun 2001 20:15:52 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Duane Hess writes:
> In lugnet.space, Duane Hess writes:
> > In lugnet.space, Jesse Alan Long writes:
> > > In lugnet.space, John Kornhaus writes:
> > > > In article <GFIB4D.EE5@lugnet.com>, Jesse Alan Long
> > > > <joyous4god2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I also have these wings on my space craft because I want
> > > > > balance in the atmosphere and I do not want to spin endlessly in space
> > > > > because without wings, a space craft would spin and spin in space forever
> > > > > and the only alternative that I know that is possible to counteract the spin
> > > > > is to use support thrusters on the space craft but these support thrusters
> > > > > are designed for smaller craft and can not handle the large bulk of larger
> > > > > space craft (unless there was a pratical way to build larger support thrusters).
> > > >
> > > > Quick, someone alert NASA! How, oh how, will they ever dock with the
> > > > ISS when it is spinning away like mad?!
> > > >
> > > > I guess Dennis Tito's reported illness when boarding the station wasn't
> > > > due to weightlesness after all...
> > > >
> > > > <snip>
> > > > > There are exceptions to this rule, such as the space craft of Star Trek
> > > > > and
> > > > > the Millennium Falcon of the Star Wars Trilogy and other such space
> > > > > craft of
> > > > > that nature because they are round and the whole space craft generally
> > > > > acts
> > > > > as a giant wing and the fact that their engines are located in a central
> > > > > point.
> > > >
> > > > Oh, so *that's* why flying saucers are round. ;]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > jk
> > >
> > > Perhaps Mister Tito ate some food that he should not have ate before
> > > entering space?
> >
> > > The reason that the International Space Station, or Mir
> > > before that system, do not spin around as a person would expect is that the
> > > giant solar panels also serve as a type of stabilizing mechanism for the
> > > system and if the ISS or Mir do spin in orbit, that is because they are
> > > STATIONARY and do not MOVE through space except in an artificial orbit and
> > > thus the rules of space flight do not apply to these systems because they
> > > are stationary and wings and other similar mechanisms DO help stabilize
> > > structures in outer space from needless spinning in space. I am sorry,
> > > John, I emphasized what I said that was important and I did not yell at you
> > > but I want you to consider those points before you reply with your next >letter.
> > > Jesse Long
> >
> > The "wings" on the ISS (or Mir) are not there to help stabilize the station,
> > they are there to increase the surface area of the solar panels to provide
> > electrical power to the station. There are other control systems which keep
> > the station from revolving, which would be a bad thing.
> >
> > -Duane
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> For more information on the ISS see: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/
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> -Duane
Thank you for the computer site, Duane, but where is the information located
about the control systems which counteract the spinning motions in outer space?
Jesse Long
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| (...) You will have to dig for that yourself, since I am not intimately familiar with the site and am unwilling to become that familiar with it. However, if memory serves me correctly, I think that the system you are refering to is a thruster system (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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