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geckzilla
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by geckzilla » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:34 am
While we're on the topic of funny satellites, you might also want to check out
this disco ball. I wonder what other strange and unusual satellites are out there? All we ever hear about are the famous ones like the moon, the ISS, space observatories, etc. There have been APODs on the cubesats which are cute but I'm sure there are more quirky ones out there.
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by Beyond » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:53 am
The things we get to see in APOD
x 2.
To find the Truth, you must go Beyond.
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by Nitpicker » Sun Apr 27, 2014 6:28 am
geckzilla wrote:While we're on the topic of funny satellites, you might also want to check out
this disco ball.
That certainly explains my urge to boogie when I'm out stargazing.
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by Boomer12k » Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:32 am
A brief, Man-made Meteorite....
Great Picture.
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by Ironwood » Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:44 am
APOD has an opening for a proofreader.
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by HellCat » Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:45 am
Don't you mean "...it WAS pushed (outside) by the space station crew..." ?
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by hjfreeland » Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:07 pm
Why is the English so bad on this post?
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by Chris Peterson » Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:24 pm
Boomer12k wrote:A brief, Man-made Meteorite...
Meteor.
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by Chris Peterson » Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:25 pm
hjfreeland wrote:Why is the English so bad on this post?
It isn't.
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geckzilla
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by geckzilla » Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:35 pm
Ironwood wrote:APOD has an opening for a proofreader.
HellCat wrote:Don't you mean "...it WAS pushed (outside) by the space station crew..." ?
hjfreeland wrote:Why is the English so bad on this post?
Why are there three people picking on this post? I just read it over a couple of times and found nothing that could prevent me from understanding it and nothing other than minor quibbles that I might have changed, myself. Anyway, I guess we'll all just have to
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by owlice » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:13 pm
The text on astropix is missing a "was" that the text on Asterisk has. (Someone must have corrected it here.) I've let an editor know.
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by ta152h0 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 3:30 pm
It is APOD and it is Sunday .........the boss is away so the children will play
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by Ann » Sun Apr 27, 2014 4:08 pm
In the movie
2001: A Space Odyssey, one of the astronauts fell out of the spaceship (pushed by HAL, the crazy computer?) and tumbled helplessly through space. When I saw the movie back in 1969, I thought that that particular scene was incredibly scary.
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by semaj » Sun Apr 27, 2014 5:34 pm
What I have enjoyed about APOD is that it is mostly a non judgmental site. There are no arguments or nitpicking. The people that present this do it 7 days a week 365 days a years at no cost to me. I am a better person because of it. Enjoy the wonderful pictures and then the discussions...they will enlighten you.
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by Astronymus » Sun Apr 27, 2014 5:36 pm
APOD Robot wrote:the lifeless spacesuit
That's, what they told us... "whoooooo"
» Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that's how it always starts. But then later there's running and... and screaming. «
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by geckzilla » Sun Apr 27, 2014 5:39 pm
There were probably a few billion bacteria on the suit, so it wasn't entirely lifeless.
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by BDanielMayfield » Sun Apr 27, 2014 6:57 pm
APOD Robot wrote: Explanation: A spacesuit floated away from the
International Space Station eight years ago, but no investigation was conducted. Everyone knew that it was pushed by the space station crew. Dubbed
Suitsat-1, the unneeded Russian
Orlan spacesuit filled mostly with
old clothes was fitted with a faint
radio transmitter and released to orbit the Earth. The suit circled the Earth twice before its
radio signal became unexpectedly weak.
Suitsat-1 continued to orbit every 90 minutes until it burned up in the Earth's atmosphere after a few weeks.
Wow, the lengths some people will go to get out of doing the laundry is amazing.
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by Beyond » Sun Apr 27, 2014 9:03 pm
In space, no one can smell the stink!
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by BDanielMayfield » Sun Apr 27, 2014 10:32 pm
Beyond wrote:In space, no one can smell the stink!
But only
after they chucked it out the airlock. They were probably very happy to see it go.
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by ta152h0 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:27 pm
what is the pressure inside the ISS in PSI and atmospheres ?
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by Chris Peterson » Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:42 pm
ta152h0 wrote:what is the pressure inside the ISS in PSI and atmospheres ?
One atmosphere (14.7 psi). That's standard on all spacecraft in order to avoid the need to raise the oxygen partial pressure.
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by DavidLeodis » Mon Apr 28, 2014 10:53 am
Great photo. Having a controllable jet pack (to get me back!) I would love to float free in space (well I think I would
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I notice that the APOD is orientated differently to the released photo. I prefer the APOD's way. Odd therefore that clicking on the APOD the photo brought up is the same orientation as it was released.
SuitSat1: A Spacesuit Floats Free
