Thread: LRO paper model
View Single Post
  #7 (permalink)  
Old 25-June-2009, 12:44 AM
ngc3314's Avatar
ngc3314 ngc3314 is offline
Established Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 87.5W 33.2N
Posts: 1,713
Default

And downstate a bit, while inside dodging the heat - here's something that I could put together in between bits of digital paperwork. The Kepler paper model includes the support spider for the detectors, and with a bit of clear plastic you can mimic the Schmidt correcting lens. I drew the line at the optional instructions for vacuum-shapong sheet aluminum to mach the curve of the primary mirror.

There really is a marvelous assortment of paper kits for spacecraft available out there. I tend to save the files as I find them, since these things do occasionally disappear from the web. I've used Cassini and Deep Impact in classes and public talks, and Kepler may yet be useful for that as well. But these won't fly...
Attached Thumbnails
lro-paper-model-keplermodel.jpg  
Reply With Quote