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Origami Plane to Fly From the Int. Space Station

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the spitwads-are-next dept.

SK writes "The University of Tokyo and the Japan folded paper (origami) plane society hopes to fly a paper airplane from the International Space Station to Earth. The plane will be 30-40cm long and weigh about 30 grams. A University of Tokyo research group has successfully designed a special paper plane model that was able to withstand a Mach 7 high velocity stream for 10 seconds. The experimental plane was about one-fifth the size and withstood temperatures as high as 300C without burning up." Unfortunately for most of us reading this, the original source is all in japanese.

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  1. Hey guys! by kcbanner · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Check out what I made!"
    "Ha, that's sweet! You know what we should do with it?"
    *Airlock Sounds*

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  2. More likely ... by ThirdPrize · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We hope the space station crew will write a message of peace on the plane before they launch it," says Suzuki. As it enter the atmosphere above the United States and promptly got "neutralised" by some missiles.
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    1. Re:More likely ... by meringuoid · · Score: 5, Funny
      As it enter the atmosphere above the United States and promptly got "neutralised" by some missiles.

      I doubt it. The Americans have always had a bit of a blind spot for incoming Japanese planes.

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  3. Re:Translated by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Suzuki professor at Tokyo University (aerospace engineering) is a "message of peace from the space station to skip it. Land in the world where you do not know the fairy who could deliver" a dream said.

    uh, Fascinating!
  4. Re:Translated by IndieKid · · Score: 5, Funny
    Hmm, I think something was lost in the translation:

    Down to Earth from space station by this vision of creating a paper airplane, Japan Origami Association HIKOKI and Tokyo are working on a large group. 17, the university's wind tunnel using a validated test.

    8 centimeters in length experiment, the space shuttle heat-resistant form of folded paper airplane use by the process. Tokyo campus Ookashiwa (Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture), a super high-speed wind tunnel tests of the high-speed stream of Mach 7 in the heat resistance and strength to find out.

    When the space shuttle and other spacecraft will return to the speed of Mach 20, and the friction in the air and high temperatures for the heat-resistant surface is a special twist. Paper airplane is so light, slowing down from the thin air, landing in slow. Coming back without burnout might be.

    Suzuki professor at Tokyo University (aerospace engineering) is a "message of peace from the space station to skip it. Land in the world where you do not know the fairy who could deliver" a dream said.

  5. Ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fuck you, scissors and rock!

  6. Re:Translated by operagost · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I know how the manual for my DVD player was translated.

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