ISS Welcomes First Japanese Cargo Ship
The International Space Station welcomed the first Japanese cargo ship as the spaceship docked alongside the ISS yesterday.
Following a flawless first voyage, the H-2 Transfer Vehicle 1 (or HTV-1, for short) successfully docked at the ISS with the help of astronaut Nicole Stott and a robotic arm on board the Space Station. Having launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre on September 10, MSNBC reports that the unmanned cargo ship docked shortly before 4 p.m. yesterday, delivering much needed supplies and hardware to the crew on board.
The idea is that once the NASA space shuttle fleet is retired (sometime in the next year or so), unmanned cargo ships can take over the delivery of goods and supplies.
"After the space shuttle starts to fade away, we will take over responsibility to bring stuff up to the space station," MSNBC cites Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi as saying. "We're really looking forward to the success of this mission."
Noguchi is due to launch to the station in December.
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Great!... otherwise we will have to relie on Russian's spacecraft to deliver our stuffs to the ISS after next year.
So next question.... when are we going to have our own spacecraft to the ISS again?...
For people that don't associate ISS with International Space Station at first glance, it appears as though the title says that it's Japan's first cargo ship... (boat) why don't we just call it a space shuttle instead...
If the Space Shuttle is retired, and this is a cargo ship, then how do people get from and to the ISS?
Be careful! It's probably a Gundam in disguise!
Once the shuttle is retired only Russian Soyuz vehicles will carry people up/down. Russian Progress vehicles will also be the prime resupply option other than these HTV vehicles or the ATV (european) ones.
And no, they're not shuttles, calling them that would be silly. Actually the shuttle refers to the entire stack on the ground before launch which includes the external tank and SRBs, once it's in space it's simply called an "orbiter." I think "space ship" is very appropriate for all vehicles, the problem is that the vast majority of people associate "space ships" with alien technology and outrageously cool designs we've seen in sci fi movies, the real things don't look anything like that.
Cheers!
CARGO BOAT????????
FUCK THINK OF A BETTER TITLE
So this took place near 10PM and 2PM making the mission very happy, while also simultaneously happening at 7PM and 5PM making it very sad. Giving times on space missions is kind of pointless.
So this took place near 10PM and 2PM making the mission very happy, while also simultaneously happening at 7PM and 5PM making it very sad. Giving times on space missions is kind of pointless.
I think they have a standard time for everyone that is used for stuff like that, when local times aren't relevant.
Russian shuttles for people are cheaper than american shuttles.
Japanese unmanned shuttles is also likely cheaper (and probably by a great extent).
I fully support this.
Did they bring some mangas?
I dont think that things should be called Ships... spacecraft is better IMO Air crafts are not ships, or at least put a prefix on it. Just like you dont call a Semitruck a car.
I dont think that things should be called Ships... spacecraft is better IMO Air crafts are not ships, or at least put a prefix on it. Just like you dont call a Semitruck a car.
"Kirov AirShipt reporting..." ring any bells
Well, at least give them credit for trying to keep the program alive.
"delivering much needed supplies and hardware to the crew on board"
probably lots of jap porn for those astronaut who are stuck in the station for half a year
all very funny
what the heck is jap porn