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NASA's Fossum Given ISS Command
FE-4 Volkov meanwhile performed the periodic/long-term inspection of the SM RO (Working Compartment)’s pressure shell and rings, looking for any moisture, deposits, mold, corrosion and pitting behind panels 130, 131, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 432, and also underneath the TVIS treadmill (where deposit was discovered in the past) and the cold plates (where SNT and STR lines are installed). Last time done: 12/13/10. [The inspection of the hull surface, which is coated with a primer and dark-green enamel, is done using cleaning napkins to wipe the area in question if required and reporting results to the ground. The hull inspection looks for changed color and cavities; if cavities are found, they are to be measured for depth (with chewing gum) after cleaning. Digital photographs of the shell before and after the removal of deposits were to be made for documentation.]
At ~9:35am EDT, Satoshi Furukawa took ~10 min to discuss tomorrow’s scheduled JAXA Green Tea Ceremony experiment with the PI (Principal Investigator) at SSIPC/Tsukuba. [This will be the first time that the famed Japanese tea ceremony is conducted in space. For the PI (a computer graphics artist) it is important to get data of dynamics of the fluid and bubbles that contain powder of green tea in microgravity for future computer graphics products. The PI wants to propose the succession of Japanese traditional culture and spirits toward the Space Age by designing the new tools and the new style to conduct the Japanese tea ceremony. These products will be used for exhibition in October 2011. PI questions are: How are bubbles formed, and what are their shapes and sizes in the micro-G state; are there unique phenomena in the micro-G state when the green tea is stirred, and what are the differences (advantages & disadvantages) between “on ground” and “in micro-G” for the future tea ceremony in space?]
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