The miniature and remote controlled space laboratories and their role in science

Artists impression of X-37B with solar panels
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Kimmo Huosionmaa

The term “space station” is not very well understood in the literature.It actually means the structure, what has long-term being in space, and some of those structures are quite small, the laboratories of those vehicles are remotely controlled. The X-37B and other space shuttles can also operate as miniaturized space stations, and they can stay in orbital trajectory very long time. Because they are unmanned, there would make investigations without risking human lives, and that would give more usages for those devices. When the mission is accomplished that space laboratory would land back to earth.

When we are talking about biological experiments, what are made with those small size spacecraft, they can operate years in space. And there would be no risk for human lives. In those remotely controlled laboratories could be released mosquitos and other bugs, and observe their population in the spacecraft. That could give very good information what could happen in spacecraft where some bug would slip in. Also, cell bases can be tested in long-term spaceflight because the risk of cancer might be very big if astronauts would be in space very long periods.

Those very advanced laboratories are remote controlled, and they are equipped with robot hands, what would be used to taking care of those laboratories. The automatized space laboratories could also use in structural tests, where they might equip with systems, what makes electromagnetic power shield around the spaceship. This shield would drive the alpha- and beta rays off the spacecraft core. But those systems might be dangerous because overvoltage can cause problems with computers.

Cargo bay of space-shuttles can be used to bring the asteroids to Earth. The space shuttle can take small stones from the asteroid belt, and put them in the cargo bay. There those rocks would investigate by microscopes and spectrometers, and the most interesting of them might bring to the Earth. Those small shuttles can operate anywhere in the solar system, and they can equip with RTG, and Centaur-stage for maneuvers. Maybe this kind of devices would send to Jovian and Saturnian orbiter to find out the situation in those systems.

If there would be enough big rocket stage in that device, that shuttle can bring the examples from those gas giants to Earth. When they are coming back, the rocket stage would be left this rocket stage behind it. And land in any airfield on Earth. Those missions would spend years, and the use of automatic spacecraft would give those scientists opportunity to do other projects than this one. And that miniature shuttle can be equipped with sophisticated artificial intelligence, what allows them to operate very independently. And if there would bring something, what risks human lives on Earth, could that spaceship burn in sun.

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