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Thursday, 5 May 2016

EXPLORING TOMORROW IN SPACE BOOK COVER


Saw this online and thought, oh yes, bottom left there's the Astronomical Telemetry Station [is that right?] or ATS of the SpaceX toy range!
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous5/05/2016 9:33 am

    Astronomic Telescopic Satellite.

    http://projectswordtoys.blogspot.be/2009/02/spacex-astronomic-telescope-satellite.html

    Best -- Paul

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    1. WOODSY5/05/2016 10:53 pm

      Cheers Paul! I had a lapse of memory there!

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  2. Anonymous5/05/2016 12:54 pm

    You can read about the real (well, proposed) thing here:
    http://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com.au

    It was to be a space station which simulated gravity via rotation.
    The crew compartment is on the left. On the right is a boom leading to
    A counterweight.

    Cheers. -- Mr Iguana

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    1. WOODSY5/05/2016 10:54 pm

      Cheers Mr. Iguana. That's a superb link, thanks!

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  3. Anonymous5/05/2016 12:57 pm

    Here's a more durable version of that URL:
    http://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/a-true-gateway-robert-gilruths-june.html

    Mr Iguana

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