Spacey Video

[NQ6U]

Cool video of the Japanese Kounotori cargo ship arriving at the ISS this morning:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZoJdZhvadE

[K7SGJ]

Very cool.

[KG4CGC]

:)

[KK4AMI]

If this is just a cargo vessel (ship goods up to the ISS, collect waste from the ISS and burn up in reentry) why all the solar panels which suggests to me a more long term operation.

[NQ6U]

If this is just a cargo vessel (ship goods up to the ISS, collect waste from the ISS and burn up in reentry) why all the solar panels which suggests to me a more long term operation.

I don't know if those things that look like solar panels really are solar panels. They may be radiators for losing heat gain from the sun.

[KK4AMI]

Oh, OK. I'll look at some other pictures. I figured why waste money on solar panels for short time use when a couple of ol' car batteries would cut it.

[NQ6U]

Oh, OK. I'll look at some other pictures. I figured why waste money on solar panels for short time use when a couple of ol' car batteries would cut it.

Yeah, it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. They do look a lot like solar panels but near the end of the video you can get a short look where it appears they may be fins of some sort. To quote La Rata, though, I could be full of shit.

[HUGH]

Hard to say what the panels are but they are certainly outside the swathes of Kapton material wrapped around the craft.

[K7SGJ]

It almost looks like a brown R2D2

[KK4AMI]

Kapton? I thought the Japanese used a seaweed wrap :lol:

[K7SGJ]

Kapton? I thought the Japanese used a seaweed wrap :lol:

One of my favorite artists, especially Layla.

[HUGH]

You can buy Kapton for several uses, one is as a heatproof electrical insulator, another as tape to seal a flue. The maximum temperature is about 400 degreesC. That's quite hot.
I enquired at an open day in Houston with prototype satellites on display and that's all that's used. It's a polyimide film offered originally by Dupont.

[KK4AMI]

Well I read up on the Japanese Cargo Vehicle. It does have solar cell panels to power one rechargeable battery. There are also two nonrechargeable batteries. I guess these cargo vessels can be prepositioned and left in space for a while. There is a lot of electronics; autopilot, radio, laser radar, etc.. It is a shame to turn all that expensive equipment into a refuse container full of astronaut poop and food wrappers.

[KK4AMI]

One of my favorite artists, especially Layla.

In the true spirit of Xmas, I've gotta say "Sorry NO "L".

[K7SGJ]

In the true spirit of Xmas, I've gotta say "Sorry NO "L".

Damn, I hate it when that happens.

[KG4CGC]

It almost looks like a brown R2D2

¿Qué se supone que significa eso? ¿A quién llamas marrón?

[K7SGJ]

Lo siento. ¿Qué estaba pensando?

[KG4CGC]

No te preocupes, hombre. Todo saldrá en la lavadora.

[WZ7U]

¿Cómo se supone que esto hará que América vuelva a ser perfecta?


Washing machine, my ass. Have another :beer: :snicker:

[kb2vxa]

"It almost looks like a brown R2D2"

Of course it's brown, it's JAPANESE. (;->)

[KG4CGC]

¿Cómo se <snip> :beer: :snicker:

No. Estupendo.

[KG4CGC]

Of course it's brown, it's JAPANESE. (;->)
Is brown a good color for a car? Shouldn't it be more of a mauve bird shit?

[K7SGJ]

Is brown a good color for a car? Shouldn't it be more of a mauve bird shit?

It depends. Do you park under a tree?

[n2ize]

This is all faked by NASA using holograms. Everyone knows the earth is flat and there is no such thing as space.