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Tom Brosz — 7/8/2006 7:06:10 AM (archived)

Done a lot of work on Alternate Access type projects, and the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) is indeed attractive for its "barn door" hatchway. Of course the catch is that this particular system can't "dock" on its own, but has to be manually placed by a robot arm into the latching position.

The CBM:

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/spacestation/components/images/iss_cbm_250X200.jpg

The barn door, open:

http://iss.sfo.jaxa.jp/iss/kibo/develop_status/pict/035/ds35_09.jpg

The whole thread (7 posts)

Big "Open Door" Value on Space Station - JimO - 7/7/2006 9:44:36 PM
- Bigelow's Nautilus? - Peter Bruener - 7/8/2006 11:26:41 PM
  - It appears so. - Lee - 7/9/2006 1:29:59 AM
    - Great stuff, thanks! (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 7/9/2006 2:31:13 AM
- re: Big "Open Door" Value on Space Station - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2006 7:04:55 AM
  - Again, without the HTML screwup... - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2006 7:06:10 AM
- re: Wondering - Raoul - 7/7/2006 10:55:36 PM

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