Japan plans to launch paper plane from space
28-03-2008, 18:43
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Japan plans to launch paper plane from space
Is this an early April Fool's joke?
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Japan plans to take its art of origami paper folding to outer space, launching a paper plane from the International Space Station to Earth to learn about future spacecraft design....
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The prototypes, some seven centimetres (2.8 inches) long and five centimetres (two inches) wide, went through Mach-7 speeds and temperatures up to 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the Japan Origami Airplane Association which initiated the project....
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"The biggest problem is that we cannot predict where the plane will touch down if it manages to return. That's because the plane will be blown away by wind ... we may write on the paper of the plane in different languages, 'please let us know when you find this.'"
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Japan plans to launch paper plane from space - Yahoo! News UK
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28-03-2008, 19:16
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Re: apan plans to launch paper plane from space
Its no joke
It has bigger implications (ISS)
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28-03-2008, 20:34
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Re: Japan plans to launch paper plane from space
I saw this on the BBC breakfast news last week.Apparently it is a totally serious attempt. 
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31-03-2008, 13:39
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Re: Japan plans to launch paper plane from space
392 degrees Fahrenheit, well at least they should reach the ground as we all know what temperature paper combusts 
Lets just hope they don't find a puddle or the ocean considering how much water is on the planet.
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Re: Japan plans to launch paper plane from space
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392 degrees Fahrenheit, ....
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Ray Bradbury told me it was 451. |
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04-04-2008, 17:56
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Re: Japan plans to launch paper plane from space
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Originally Posted by TheNorm
Ray Bradbury told me it was 451.
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Did he tell you on a Montag?
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05-04-2008, 15:45
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Re: Japan plans to launch paper plane from space
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... Montag?
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