This is the type of research I'm talking about

[Skligmund]

Leave it to the guys at NASA to think this one up....

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

[Theis]

awww..

poor pussycat...

[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.

[Sytse]

hmmmm... vacuum doesn't cool  :(

[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.

[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

[Skligmund]

I'd imagine it would work most excellently, as long as the sunlight does not touch it.

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

Account for Airviolence.com has been deactivated

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

[the_autopilot]

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

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

[Flt.Lt.Andrew]

Thats sooooo funny....hehehehheheheeee!!!!
I love the bit where its spinning like a whirling dervish


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[Skligmund]

I just realized the lady in red was hot......

[Gunny04]

LOL!..... Toss the kitty! hmmm wonder if that cat had a confusion! Cheers, Gunny

[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...