By interesting experiments...

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SDG — 10/9/2014 11:21:46 PM (archived)

By interesting experiments you surely mean astronauts calling tech support to ask why their 3d printer is spewing goo. And tech support rewriting firmware to stop the goo spewage to see if it works.

Have you seen the youtube video of Chris Hadfield showing how water clings to a washcloth?

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ISS gets its first replicator - SDG - 10/8/2014 4:41:21 PM
- A Mom's Nightmare . . . - DanS - 10/8/2014 5:19:26 PM
  - hadn't thought of legos as toner before - SDG - 10/8/2014 6:16:05 PM
    - ..."this printer had to be specially built to function in a zero-gravity environment" . . . - DanS - 10/8/2014 6:36:50 PM
      - clamp it to a workbench? - SDG - 10/8/2014 9:07:46 PM
        
        I meant the "laying down of layers" in a micro-G environ. (n/t) - DanS - 10/9/2014 12:22:14 PM
        
        surface tension - SDG - 10/9/2014 2:44:21 PM
        
        Good point . . . - DanS - 10/9/2014 3:43:19 PM
        
        By interesting experiments... - SDG - 10/9/2014 11:21:46 PM
        
        But anyway . . . - DanS - 10/14/2014 2:44:16 PM
        
        Gravity isn't an issue for the basic process. - TB - 10/14/2014 5:37:25 PM
        
        That makes sense. Thx, TB. (n/t) - DanS - 10/14/2014 9:25:15 PM
        
        Cool stuff . . . ! - DanS - 10/10/2014 5:11:05 PM

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