Wednesday, August 8, 2012

To Test A Satellite Dock, the NRL Built a 37-Ton Air Hockey Table [Monster Machines]

To Test A Satellite Dock, the NRL Built a 37-Ton Air Hockey Table [Monster Machines]:



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How do you test the functionality of a wholly new type of satellite docking system in the weightlessness of space, without shooting round after round of prototype into orbit? If you're DARPA, you float the satellites—air hockey-style—on top of a 37.5-ton slab of granite. More »












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