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Droids on the ISS
SpaceAdmiral writes "Inspired by Luke Skywalker, M.I.T. students have built five droids for the ISS. The orb-shaped devices will float around the International Space Station, maneuvered by compressed CO2 thrusters. The SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold Engage Re-orient Experimental Satellite) will eventually be deployed as tiny satellites, but they first require testing aboard the ISS to learn to fly in formation. One has already been sent to the ISS and two more will join it soon."
...welcome our new rotund orbiting overlords!
:-)
(someone had to say it
The first SPHERE arrived on the ISS in April tucked inside a Progress supply rocket. (Remember, tiny satellites make good hitchhikers.)
I prefer the young blondes myself
do they have a "party mode" emergency button blaring "Feel the Energy" ?
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I guess that Jedi training will have to be added to the astronauts' checklist. They're going to need lightsabers now.
*are batteries included?
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Nitrogen is flammable when combined with air. In an oxygen rich environment, I'd imagine it's even more dangerous.
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
"Who knew flammable and inflammable meant the same thing?"
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.