Collaborate Disseminate
[Leo Fernekes] has fallen down the Sterling engine rabbit hole. We mustn’t judge — things like this happen in the best of families, after all. And when they do happen …read more Continue reading This Custom Dynanometer Is A Sterling Example of Homebrewing
When a rocket sends a capsule up with supplies for the International Space Station, they usually send a bunch of their trash back down with it, all of which burns up in the atmosphere on re-entry. But as long as you’ve got that (doomed) vehicle up there, you might as well do some science with it along the way. And that’s exactly what the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) is doing with their Kounotori 6 supply ship that just left the ISS on Friday.
The experiment is with an electromagnetic tether that can be used to either turn electrical energy into …read more
Continue reading Japanese ISS Supply Ship Dual-Purposed As Tether Experiment
When a rocket sends a capsule up with supplies for the International Space Station, they usually send a bunch of their trash back down with it, all of which burns up in the atmosphere on re-entry. But as long as you’ve got that (doomed) vehicle up there, you might as well do some science with it along the way. And that’s exactly what the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) is doing with their Kounotori 6 supply ship that just left the ISS on Friday.
The experiment is with an electromagnetic tether that can be used to either turn electrical energy into …read more
Continue reading Japanese ISS Supply Ship Dual-Purposed As Tether Experiment