Hapori Tohu Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Ever wonder what it would be like to build a LEGO set in no gravity? Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa got to build the International Space Station set while aboard the real ISS. Unlike building a set in the gravity of Earth, floating pieces sure make for an interesting experience. Read more about it <a href='http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-022412a.html' target='offsite'>here</a> and check out pictures <a href='http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-022412b.html' target='offsite'>here</a>. It sure looks like a once-in-a-lifetime experience. View the full article Quote News Forums Q&A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishers64 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Plastic spontanously combusts in zero-g? :)Maybe it's because the station uses pure oxygen inside. One spark, and boom. Plastic does burn. Quote Hero Factory RPG | Bionicle Mafia XXIX: Storyline & Theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atvan Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 The Space Station has regular air in it, I believe. Also, there is gravity. Lots of it. There ain't not no zero-gravity that close to the Earth./minirantAnyway, interesting read. I love how they keep saying it's going to burn up, but never say why. Quote atvan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xccj Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Anyway, interesting read. I love how they keep saying it's going to burn up, but never say why.Indeed, I would be very interested in hearing exactly why plastic is combustible. But I can understand the worry that a small piece might float away and get caught in something... even here with full gravity, little pieces still find their ways into those hard to reach places...Otherwise, a very interesting article to read. That should be some new AFOL competition; building in low gravity situations. :music: Quote My BZPower Stories Dark Core--Kulagi's Kanoka--A Shadow's Contrivance--Mystery on Keli-Nui--BZ-Koro: To Bring Back Bionicle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mare Tranquillitatis Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Nice story and nice set, too! I wouldn't have been able to do such a thing with those gloves.----- Lord of the Rings -----Titles: Dark Lord, Lord of Mordor, Lord of Gifts, Lord of Barad-Dûr, Lord of the Earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Anyway, interesting read. I love how they keep saying it's going to burn up, but never say why.Indeed, I would be very interested in hearing exactly why plastic is combustible. But I can understand the worry that a small piece might float away and get caught in something... even here with full gravity, little pieces still find their ways into those hard to reach places...Otherwise, a very interesting article to read. That should be some new AFOL competition; building in low gravity situations. It's not combustible. But LEGO involves working with a lot of loose parts, and in space there's no gravity to keep them from drifting around. So NASA had to design an entire system with which to build models while keeping the parts contained. Otherwise a part might float into an essential system like a cooling fan, causing the aforementioned fire hazard. Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KZN02 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Sounds like a "yo dawg" meme. Anyways, sounds interesting building in zero g. Quote The Master of Tediosness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumiki Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) ISSception.(It had to be done.)Seriously, though, this looks really cool. Building a model inside that specialized apparatus doesn't exactly seem comfortable - and I can see how floating pieces can get on one's nerves after a while - but how many can say that they built a LEGO set in outer space? There's just an element of awesomeness that comes with doing something like that. Edited February 28, 2012 by Sumiki Quote avatar by Lady Kopaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatanui Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) That must be a truly remarkable experience, and even more for AFOLs. I am sure you will be able to find LEGO pieces randomly floating around in space someday. Great job, Mr. Furukawa! ~Gata. Edited February 28, 2012 by Gatanui Quote - Gata Please don't use my avatar or signature without permission, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a goose Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 First thing I thought when I saw this: Yum. XPBut, anyhow, this is amazing. I can't help but wonder why no-one's thought of this before, though. LEGO in space. Not only that, a LEGO ISS built inside the real ISS. In low-gravity.Epic. Quote [BZPRPG PROFILES] Nikarra - Kaelynn - Ronan - Muir - Donal - Aerus - Montague - Kira - Koura - Learu - Alteora - Fuacht - Caana - Nessen - Merrill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahkashi Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Since I actively follow anything that has to do with space, I knew about this a few days ago. It's interesting to think that ABS can combust in the special atmosphere aboard the International Space Station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyichir Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Since I actively follow anything that has to do with space, I knew about this a few days ago. It's interesting to think that ABS can combust in the special atmosphere aboard the International Space Station.Again, they don't combust in that atmosphere. The flammability hazard is that if they got loose and jammed in a cooling system, whatever that system needed to cool could burn up. The plastic itself is no more flammable up there than it is on Earth. Quote Formerly Lyichir: Rachira of Influence Aanchir's and Meiko's brother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless Sea (Alaki Nuva) Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) Since I actively follow anything that has to do with space, I knew about this a few days ago. It's interesting to think that ABS can combust in the special atmosphere aboard the International Space Station.Again, they don't combust in that atmosphere. The flammability hazard is that if they got loose and jammed in a cooling system, whatever that system needed to cool could burn up. The plastic itself is no more flammable up there than it is on Earth.Who cares? If we wanna believe LEGO bricks are so awesome they can spontaneously combust, we're gonna believe LEGO bricks are so awesome they can spontaneously combust. ('cause they are)Also, the logical progression to the meme- yo, dawg, we heard you like building space stations, so we put a station in your station so you can build while you build. Edited February 29, 2012 by Endless Sea ~turmoil~ Quote It is not for us to decide the fate of angels. Dominus Temporis, if you're out there, hit me up through one of my contacts. I've been hoping to get back in touch for a long time now. (Don't worry, I'm not gonna beg you to bring back MLWTB or something. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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