Comments on: Watching the launch of the final large module to China’s Tiangong-3 space station https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/watching-the-launch-of-the-final-large-module-to-chinas-tiangong-3-space-station/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/watching-the-launch-of-the-final-large-module-to-chinas-tiangong-3-space-station/#comment-1366931 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 17:08:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=89622#comment-1366931 In reply to sippin_bourbon.

sippin_bourbon: The modules on Tiangong-3 are roughly the same size as the modules on ISS. ISS has approximately three times the modules (though some are half-size).

Excluding the giant truss that holds ISS’s solar panels, I would guess the interior space of ISS is a little more than twice Tiangong-3’s. This is a back of the envelope estimate. Others I am sure produce a more accurate number.

]]> By: sippin_bourbon https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/watching-the-launch-of-the-final-large-module-to-chinas-tiangong-3-space-station/#comment-1366928 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 16:54:53 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=89622#comment-1366928 What is the general size comparison to ISS?
1/3rd?
It looks less than half.

I am thinking in terms of work space /volume, not over station dimensions.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/watching-the-launch-of-the-final-large-module-to-chinas-tiangong-3-space-station/#comment-1366867 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:45:13 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=89622#comment-1366867 More
https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1586988115570397184

What the LM-5 looks like—before and after:

How’s that for a Halloween scare?

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/watching-the-launch-of-the-final-large-module-to-chinas-tiangong-3-space-station/#comment-1366860 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 07:39:08 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=89622#comment-1366860 I’m calling Celebes for the booster return :)

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