Forum: Bryce


Subject: OT: ISS

peedy opened this issue on Jan 14, 2011 ยท 37 posts


RobertJ posted Sun, 16 January 2011 at 4:14 AM

More seriously now, i miss the Japanese "Koutonori" (White Stork) in the list of transports to the ISS. This is not some model or idea on the drawing table, in the comming week they will launch another one.

http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/h2bf2/overview/htv_e.html

Oh as they say it themselves, why "white stork"?

During a month-long nickname campaign, we received 17,236 suggestions. Among them, "KOUNOTORI" was selected because a white stork carries an image of conveying an important thing (a baby, happiness, and other joyful things); therefore, it precisely expresses the mission to transport essential materials to the ISS.

Robert van der Veeke Basugasubasubasu Basugasubakuhaku Gasubakuhakuhaku!! "Better is the enemy of good enough." Dr. Mikoyan of the Mikoyan Gurevich Design Bureau.