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... are over thirty different satellite launch vehicles working around the world. In the US, the Atlas and Falconare the most common vehicles. The Europeans use Ariane, and the Russians use Proton.
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Answer provided by Derek Webber
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There are many materials that go into making a robot—aluminum and titanium—and sometimes there are composite materials, like those found in airplane construction. The types of materials used to build robots depend a lot on the temperatures of space or distant planets. To help protect against temperature extremes, robot designers use ...
There are simulators that look like the interior of the ship and simulate the cockpit displays and the view out the windows. We will ... least have one on hand for people to train in. In addition there are desktop computer-based simulators that can also teach you a lot about what your flight will be like. One ... sense of what your flight will be like is called Orbiter. It is free online and can be found at www.orbitersim.com. You may have to download additional elements to be able to fly ...
... space to make discoveries in the sciences, medicine, technology, and maybe about our individual selves. People are curious. The Universe around us is now opening up to us because of rocket technology, and we should use that technology and other scientific discoveries to go exploring.
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... mission. The tools are designed to be fairly universal, meaning each one can be used for several things. They are something like an auto mechanic's tools, with a number of sophisticated space-age improvements. One simple thing always taken along is duct tape Duct tape has a thousand uses in ...
... of time. Retro-rockets are small solid rocket motors that are used with multistage rockets to slow down a spent stage after separation before the next stage engines start. They are also used to slow down a satellite ...
What's going to be important on the Moon in the early days is to have food that creates a minimal amount of waste excretion, with little smell. This was exactly the kind of diet that ... that insects are often used as a protein source in non-western societies. Initially all food needed will be brought from Earth. However an early priority for settlements will be to become self ...
... , Europe, Japan, and Russia will all have at least one on-orbit laboratory as part of the ISS. Each laboratory differs in size. The US laboratory (named Destiny), for example, is ... to the bathroom. There are also windows so the crew can look out at space or the Earth. There are places to store food and water, and there is an airlock that the astronauts use ... large portion of the ISS is made up of large solar arrays that generate electricity from the Sun's energy. These are truss-type structures that go from one end of the ISS to the ...
... vehicular activity (EVA), the same tools that you would use in a lab here on Earth would be handy if you are going to be working. You might need pliers, a socket wrench set, torq bits, screwdriver, screwdriver bits and a power drill. Without knowing what work you plan to do, it is hard to know exactly what tools to take.
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Answer provided by Roger Crouch, Ph.D.
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... satellites, like the Hubble Telescope, are scientific and help us understand how the Universe was formed. Other satellites look at the cloud patterns and temperatures and give us our ... via satellite. You get to see most of the Direct TV sports coverage because of satellites. Blackberry and pager messages also often go by satellite. It's hard to think of normal life today without satellites.
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