Origami Plane to Fly From the Int. Space Station 217
SK writes "The University of Tokyo and the Japan folded paper (origami) plane society hopes to fly a paper airplane from the International Space Station to Earth. The plane will be 30-40cm long and weigh about 30 grams. A University of Tokyo research group has successfully designed a special paper plane model that was able to withstand a Mach 7 high velocity stream for 10 seconds. The experimental plane was about one-fifth the size and withstood temperatures as high as 300C without burning up." Unfortunately for most of us reading this, the original source is all in japanese.
Hey guys! (Score:5, Funny)
"Ha, that's sweet! You know what we should do with it?"
*Airlock Sounds*
I'm chargin' mah lazer! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:flip? (Score:5, Funny)
origami book (Score:4, Funny)
More likely ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Translated (Score:5, Funny)
uh, Fascinating!
Re:Translated (Score:5, Funny)
8 centimeters in length experiment, the space shuttle heat-resistant form of folded paper airplane use by the process. Tokyo campus Ookashiwa (Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture), a super high-speed wind tunnel tests of the high-speed stream of Mach 7 in the heat resistance and strength to find out.
When the space shuttle and other spacecraft will return to the speed of Mach 20, and the friction in the air and high temperatures for the heat-resistant surface is a special twist. Paper airplane is so light, slowing down from the thin air, landing in slow. Coming back without burnout might be.
Suzuki professor at Tokyo University (aerospace engineering) is a "message of peace from the space station to skip it. Land in the world where you do not know the fairy who could deliver" a dream said.
Re:Looks like we are missing a word somewhere (Score:1, Funny)
Nah, you just fail at reading comprehension.
What if it crashes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Too Much Time?? (Score:2, Funny)
On the contrary... (Score:5, Funny)
Stage two involves plasma thrusters and a "paper moon" orbiter. When you can afford to launch 14 million orbital vehicles, one of them is bound to accomplish the job. Besides, what better building material to use if you want to send a message to aliens in other galaxies?
RTFA!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Translated (Score:4, Funny)
Pink Tentacle? (Score:3, Funny)
I'm a total perv myself but I'm just having a hard time dealing with a news source with that name that has nothing to do with Hentai... maybe that's my problem... I must be too much of a perv.
But then again, I am on slashdot, there must be tons of us unable to process this
Make your time! (Score:1, Funny)
Racist Comment (Score:1, Funny)
I'm a Jap, you insensitive crod!
Re: origami deorbit (Score:4, Funny)
Re:De-Orbit? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:why not metal foil? (Score:5, Funny)
At normal altitude, a tin foil hat can block the ray for a single person, dropped in space however, the tin foil plane might block mind control of enough people, to actually affect the outcome of the upcoming elections.
Remember, if we're provided a proper tinfoil cover, we will no longer welcome our <insert pathetica> overlords.
Re:Make your time! (Score:1, Funny)
Didn't you notice?
I have a cunning plan (Score:5, Funny)
A bunch of paper airplanes with japanese writing on them, air brushed lightly at the nose to look like it's re-entered.
Thrown out the window over the local university.
Playing the odds, at least one of them will be seen landing by someone who reads slashdot. "Holy crap!" he/she (just kidding, he) shouts.
Mua-ha-ha-ha.... I don't know what step 2 is, but #3 is profit.
Re:What if it crashes (Score:3, Funny)
Ha! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:More likely ... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Translated (Score:5, Funny)
Re:More likely ... (Score:5, Funny)
I doubt it. The Americans have always had a bit of a blind spot for incoming Japanese planes.
Re:This is brilliant! (Score:2, Funny)
Scenario: Ship on re-entry orbit to earth.
Officer: "Captain, you're not going to believe this, but we were just passed by a paper airplane...."
(I know, I know, even if it ended up in orbit, the orbit would have degraded in that much time, but I'd still like to see the expression on the guy's face when he sees it fly by the viewscreen."
Re:Ha! (Score:3, Funny)
The full lyrics (Score:3, Funny)
oh yeah
(Keep talking whoa keep talking)
A mach 10 liftoff and special coated paper oh yeah
(I'll get the money I'll kill to get the money)
With a paperclip on the tail, out the airlock it'll bail
To be completely fair, we'll be catchin lots of air
In Creased Lightning
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go
Go creased lightning you're burning up on reentry
(Creased lightning go creased lightning)
Go creased lightning you're coasting through the atmosphere
You are supreme the chicks'll cream for creased lightning