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John Doe
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 Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:47 am Post subject: Station drag and position of modules |
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Out of curiosity, could they have put the japanese lab on the forward
facing port of node 2 ?
Seems that this would have reduced drag by a fair amount. Or is the
additional drag generated by a sideways japanese lab very small ?
Say they were to have put the japanese lab forward facing. Could they
dock the shuttle to a port attached PMA2 ?
Would docking to a sideways attached PMA present signficant challenges
from an orbital mechanics pont of view. Or are the differences very easy
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Brian Gaff
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| Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject: Re: Station drag and position of modules |
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Well, I don>t see there is that much drag compared to the rest of the
station. Where did this drag idea come from?
With all the solar arrays up there I>d have thought a little module was not
likely to make much difference.
Brian
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[quote]Out of curiosity, could they have put the japanese lab on the forward
facing port of node 2 ?
Seems that this would have reduced drag by a fair amount. Or is the
additional drag generated by a sideways japanese lab very small ?
Say they were to have put the japanese lab forward facing. Could they
dock the shuttle to a port attached PMA2 ?
Would docking to a sideways attached PMA present signficant challenges
from an orbital mechanics pont of view. Or are the differences very easy
to adapt to ?
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