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This is the type of research I'm talking about

PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:07 pm
by Skligmund
Leave it to the guys at NASA to think this one up....

http://www.airviolence.com/e107_files/downloads/humor/cat.mov

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 6:09 am
by Theis
awww..

poor pussycat...

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 6:31 pm
by the_autopilot
lol, its never experienced "weightlessness".

Still, thats one lucky cat, I wish I could do that sometime.

Maybe I could overclock the space station's computers as a job. I could use the vacuum of space to cool the CPU's.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 6:34 pm
by Sytse
hmmmm... vacuum doesn't cool  :(

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:59 pm
by the_autopilot
hmmmm... vacuum doesn't cool  :(


Not alone, but I meant that space is really really cold and serves as a great cooling solution provided you can get there.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:29 am
by TacitBlue
LMAO, I hope that cat was de-clawed.

From what I understand, the shuttle, and probably most other space craft already use space for cooling. They have large radiator type devices to pump coolent through. I believe it's mentioned in this article. http://science.howstuffworks.com/space-shuttle.htm

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:24 am
by Skligmund
I'd imagine it would work most excellently, as long as the sunlight does not touch it.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:22 pm
by Hai Perso Coyone?
Account for Airviolence.com has been deactivated


WTF...Just for showing a cat in space? :P ::)  ;D

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:35 am
by the_autopilot

WTF...Just for showing a cat in space? :P ::)  ;D


Prabably not. I think its something else, may be they forgot to pay for the the domain or something.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:55 am
by Flt.Lt.Andrew
Thats sooooo funny....hehehehheheheeee!!!!
I love the bit where its spinning like a whirling dervish :D


A.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 10:03 am
by Skligmund
I just realized the lady in red was hot......

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 1:16 pm
by Gunny04
LOL!..... Toss the kitty! hmmm wonder if that cat had a confusion! Cheers, Gunny

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 8:44 am
by beaky

Not alone, but I meant that space is really really cold and serves as a great cooling solution provided you can get there.


Problem with cooling off equipment in space is that heat doesn't radiate very efficiently without some medium like air to transfer and dissipate the energy (remember, heating and cooling are all about molecules moving, right?)... the radiators on spacecraft help a little, but the best thing is to be in the shade. That's why the Apollo spacecraft were "spun" while enroute to the Moon (to minimize exposure of any one part of the ship), and when Shuttle crews are working EVA in the open cargo bay, they keep the ship belly-up to the sun. The sun is wicked harsh out there, with no air to filter its rays...