The Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) was built from scratch, without the engineers having past experience to build something like this because it is so new. The ISIM can withstand temparatures as cold as 27 Kelvin (-411 degrees Fahrenheit). Jim Pontius said, "It is the first large, bonded composite spacecraft structure to be exposed to such a severe environment." This can be a great new observatory module for NASA. What do you think about the ISIM?
Check out more details and a clip at this Web Site
This is a really interesting article! I think it's going to be an interesting piece of technology, but I wonder what different applications that it has. Since it is a new development, I don't really know what else it could be used for, but that would be interesting if there is another use. Also, I wonder how much money this project took to develop, as NASA has had huge budgets to develop such things.
ReplyDelete