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... construction we try to simplify our design by making things in standard or modular sizes. Having different sizes of space modules will mean customized engineering and manufacturing, and that will drive up costs. A great thing about building modules of standard sizes is that you can connect them together like building blocks. The modules will be approximately ...

Yes, there are different sizes of spacesuits. Each astronaut is individually fitted with his or her own spacesuit. As some ... . You will be able to walk into a spacesuit store and say, "I want a size 13 suit please." ---- Answer provided by Lonnie Moffitt Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer ...

Stars come in a wide variety of sizes, from the tiny neutron stars that are the size of a small city to the super-giant stars that are nearly as large as ...

... expect the planets to be different from each other, as different as rocks of different sizes and shapes in a field. ---- Answer provided by Ed Frederick, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall ...

Spacesuits will be made to fit all body types. Inside the pressurized space station, spacesuits will merely be worn as a precautionary measure in case of emergencies if life support systems go down, pressure is lost, or to help with bodily changes that occur in zero-gravity environments. Clothing will have to be roomy to allow for changes to the body in zero-gravity environments. To walk outside ...

Almost certainly there will be a limited amount of weight and space that will be allocated to each passenger. Probably the carrier will take care of the essentials necessary for survival, such as a safe habitat, food and water, temperature control and so forth. You will most likely get to pack your own clothes and probably will get clean clothes each day. You will also want to take the things ...

No, they do not. ---- Answer provided by Ed Frederick, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www.apogeebooks.com/Books/For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - PLANETS

... nomenclature of today, the Apollo guidance computer had 72 kilobytes of memory. … Today we have megabytes and gigabytes. But this was 72 kilobytes. …Several copies of the Apollo guidance memory… would ... , that the computer memory actually was what had been tested on these large, big room-size simulators . So that was the scheme. NASA never really liked it, but it did put ... . But everything had to be very carefully done to try to keep within the memory size , and also it was not a fast computer, so things had to be done carefully ...

... the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant ... ’s imager, JunoCam. The images show both of Jupiter's poles are covered in Earth-sized swirling storms that are densely clustered and rubbing together. “We're puzzled as to how ... instruments collecting data and its JunoCam public outreach camera snapping pictures. The download of six megabytes of data collected during the transit can take 1.5 days. “Every 53 days, we ...

... NASA's technology on the Atlantis . As an example, the computer system had only one megabyte of random-access memory in contrast to laptop computers available at Radio Shack with two to four megabytes of memory. The author attributed much of the loss of a technological cutting edge to ...

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