Project Mirai (Hatsunese Space Station)

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Testing out the Mirai Remote Manipulator System (MRMS)

(the texture will be an optional replacement)

 

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Akarui (Node 01), meaning (adjectival) "light"
(Hikari is the noun)

This is the side of the module where the truss is attached. Also, the plans have changed so that the airlock/docking adapter will switch places with the magnetic spectrometer module.

 

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Kotai (Solid) - Node 02. Its purpose is to provide storage space for experiments and supplies.

The Kurai (Dark) module (not fully textured yet). It will be berthed to the opposite side from Kotai.
The pressurized section is about the same size as Kibo's Experiment Logistics Module.

Just a reminder: the names of the six pressurized modules that attach to the core are supposed to be based on the extra "voicebanks" of "Miku Append", which is basically an expansion pack for the singing synthesis software. The additional modules are "appended" to the core. So the functions of the modules try to loosely fit those names.

Originally, I was going to have a telescope on this module (to gaze at the "darkness" of space). Forum Orbiter Italia's now-defunct Gaia space station project was going to have a large telescope as well. Then I discovered that a space station is very bad for telescope observations because of vibrations and other issues. So, it was changed to a magnetic spectrometer like the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Magnetic_Spectrometer"]AMS[/ame], which is designed to investigate dark matter, antimatter, etc. Being about 9.39 meters long also provides some balance with the 10.39 meter-long Kotai module.

But now, I'm worried that the module looks too much like [ame="http://orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5758"]this[/ame].

 

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(note: these modules aren't being made in the same order as what the actual station assembly schedule will be)

 

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Azayaka ("vivid") - a cupola will be attached. When I make the interior, it will have a hydroponics/aeroponics farm. Guess what will be grown.

Amai ("sweet") - basically, Kibo.

(Kotai has the same function as the Kibo ELM-PS, but has the size of the Kibo PM and acts as a storage node for the whole station.)

 

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Airlock module: it is like the Quest joint airlock, but it has no proper name, has a docking port (think of this like the airlock on the orbital module of Soyuz or Shenzhou), and the nitrogen and oxygen tanks have been moved so they can be launched with the module while still remaining within the fairing.

 

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Three docking ports (two for permanent crew expeditions; the one on the airlock is for temporary visits or crew rotation handover periods)

 

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Coming together one piece at a time... :thumbup:

 

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(I haven't simulated building the station properly yet; I am only using scenario editor for now)

 

[Nicholander]

Cool! They're fantastic! :thumbup: Also, just out of curiosity, how will the space station modules rendezvous and dock with the Mirai, once launched by a M-II? Do they have their own propulsion and RCS systems? Does it use a modified M-II 2nd/upper stage to dock?

 

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Like I said earlier, they will use a tug that is similar to the HTV propulsion module (which I have yet to create).

 

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Cupola (which will be attached to Azayaka)

 

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[IronRain]

That looks awesome!

 

[ISProgram]

Looks...like a flower... :hmm:

 

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Looks...like a flower...

Well, it is based on the [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4504"]Cupola[/ame] that is on the ISS.

 

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I was actually (trying to) make a reference to the cherry blossom, or something along those lines. It seems to me that calling it Cupola is lending credence to the ESA even though Mirai is Hatsunese.

Or something like that.

 

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Cherry blossoms have five petals. But I like things that are hexagonal. JAXA/HASDA just calls it キューポラ (Kyūpora).

 

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Yawarakai inflatable module - 7.8 m diameter.

(reminds me of a marshmallow)

 

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I decided to recreate Mirai station in Kerbal Space Program with some mods, like TweakScale for the solar arrays, Near Future Construction for the trusses, and Habitat Pack for the inflatable module

(but the spaceplanes are different; no, they're not RCV V2 or anything)