ohh, i see what you mean. not rotate, precess. two entirely different things. to be gyros means they are constantly rotating an entire 360 degress non stop. by allowing them to come out of alignment in thier mountings a bit it gives some leeway for the craft to shift and move a bit before course correction occurs. as for how it works to correct course, read up on gyroscopes, and gyroscope navigation of submarines.
On 6/12/07, thomas malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
leaking pen wrote: > > On 6/12/07, thomas malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I regards to the Spacestation's gyros, I posted, and >> >> leaking pen replied: >> >> > what do you mean by stops? they are mounted on arms > The gyros can only rotate so far before the bump against a stop. >> > >> True, but I'm not in orbit, and if I was in orbit, what would I stand >> on? > In tonight's interview, Richard explained the matter further. The space station is huge, and even at 200 miles, there is still atmosphere. Consequently, the station wants to assume an orientation not conducive to the solar panel's optimal orientation. For some reason the computers, aren't networking properly. For the meantime, the shuttle is holding it in the proper orientation, but in 7 days, it's scheduled to de-orbit. That is if they can fix the rip in the heat shield, the good news is that it is only 4 inches. --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! ---
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