The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)

[dvtimes]

how does this new space thing work?

I am guessing that if you send some goods up in a rocket, it will go colect it and then take it to the space station, but I am not sure.

I do not think it returns to earth, but I cannot see where goods in space are taken from/to, as I thought there was only the space station.

[Damian]

how does this new space thing work?

I am guessing that if you send some goods up in a rocket, it will go colect it and then take it to the space station, but I am not sure.

I do not think it returns to earth, but I cannot see where goods in space are taken from/to, as I thought there was only the space station.

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[samrogers]

Till now equipment and supplies have been taken to the space station by shuttle (expensive) or Soyuz rocket (Limited space) both manned. The ATV is a large automated rocket it flies unmanned to the space station where it docks automatically, it is not designed to be re-used so after it is filled up with rubbish it is simply flown in to the earths atmosphere where it burns up.

[dvtimes]

Till now equipment and supplies have been taken to the space station by shuttle (expensive) or Soyuz rocket (Limited space) both manned. The ATV is a large automated rocket it flies unmanned to the space station where it docks automatically, it is not designed to be re-used so after it is filled up with rubbish it is simply flown in to the earths atmosphere where it burns up.

what about those big solar pannels?

i thought mabe it was designed to moves things around.

so is it just a big rocket then.

[TGITC]

http://www.sub-tv.co.uk/pics/ATV/atvlogo.jpg
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