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... postcards back to Earth using e-mail or fax. Right now, the ISS astronauts can send letters and packages to and from space on board our re-supply spacecraft. ---- Answer provided ...

In the unlikely event that that occurs, that is one of the contingency plans. The plan is to have vehicles on the ground ready to launch expediently should the need arise. However, currently the ISS has a Soyuz vehicle available to use in the event of an emergency. ---- Answer provided by Futron Corporation Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to ...

It will be a very long time before humans can go to the Saturn system. We need to learn what the environment and geography are like before humans can safely explore Saturn and its moons and rings. ---- Answer provided by Carolyn Porco, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image: ...

The surface is pretty strange. We know from analyzing the infrared light reflected from Pluto that its surface is a mixture of a lot of different sorts of ice (ordinary water ice, plus frozen nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide). Some areas are very bright and ice-covered; other areas are much darker and covered in some sort of dirt. We don't know very much because we don't have any close-up ...

Space is a very dangerous place for humans. The temperatures on uncoated metal structures in space can reach 500° F in constant Sun. When coated, these surface temperatures typically range between 250° F to -200° F depending on whether the structures are in the Sun or behind a planet. Also, there is no oxygen in space, so humans can't breathe. Additionally, the radiation from the Sun ...

Today there is no such thing as an average robot. Each is built separately for each mission. The cost of launching one pound to the ISS is $5,000. Launching the Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, cost much more. Each of those rovers were built and launched for $500 million apiece ---- Answer provided by CAF Capt. Marc Fricker Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted ...

... was working for Kraft then. I was Program Operations Manager then. So anyway, so Kraft…sends this letter up to the administrator, and immediately, this thing ended up in pretty good ... . '''Butler:''' Now, while we’re talking about the sample analysis and divvying it out and sending it around to the different investigators, how did that process work, since you were here ... doing in their laboratories with the lunar samples. '''Butler:''' When they would send the samples back, would they send back any sort of report giving a rundown of what they did and ...

... it, too. They were checking it out, too. But somebody over the Cape was sending commands or sending a painting passively to our vehicle. A big witch hunt there, too, and it ... that we're able to do. In fact, we'll send you this, when we send you the final transcript, we send also a little note asking if it's all right to ... can't quit. '''Butler:''' Oh, we would love to continue listening. '''Brooks:''' When I was sending out those news bulletins, I never sold a house as a result of that, but ...

... . '''Butler:''' Now, while we’re talking about the sample analysis and divvying it out and sending it around to the different investigators, how did that process work, since you were here ... became very close personal friends. Today, now, I can call on them and I can send students to them, which is fun. '''Butler:''' That’s great. '''Annexstad:''' Yes, that’s great ... doing in their laboratories with the lunar samples. '''Butler:''' When they would send the samples back, would they send back any sort of report giving a rundown of what they did and ...

... got a call from Technology Incorporated at the Johnson Space Center. Now, I didn’t send them a résumé. I sent one to the University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska , who had ... that you used at that time? '''Bourland:''' No. If we wanted testing done, we could send it to Building 37. They could do testing for us, like a microbiology test. '''Ross ... can do this ourselves.” I said, “Really?” She said, “Yes.” Said, “You send me a letter, and I’ll send you a letter.” Laughs So eventually we did it that way, so ...

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