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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 20:41:38 GMT
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> > >
> > > 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.
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> > > -Duane
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> > For more information on the ISS see: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/
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> > -Duane
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> 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
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 where gasses are expelled.
-Duane
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 | | Re: Wings [was: Re: Building big]
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| (...) OK, I lied (sort of...) I didn't find a page on the ISS, but I did find one on the shuttle here: (URL) of the links make it a little difficult to read, but there is some good information there. -Duane (24 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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