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June 8 - Diary of a Space Zucchini
Posted on Jun 13, 2012 01:36:19 PM | Don Pettit | 7 Comments    |

Me and my “Buds” have been busy working on our mission together with our animal crewmates over the past two months.  On our mission, we have taken nearly 250,000 images, about 1/4th of that taken over the previous 11 years.  I have been faithfully making entries into my diary but due to the quantity of our image data coupled with our Ku-band radio transmission bandwidth, they have not been downlinked.  I will start downlinking my past observations over the next week or so as bandwidth allows.

 

 

Stay tuned for more chronicles from space zucchini at the start of its sprout…

 

Don's blog also appears at airspacemag.com.

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7 On Jun 13, 2012 11:28:34 PM  guestBradley Laford  added a comment on your blog post. 

Thanks for this and these pix, guys! We earthliings down here appreciate feedback. You're much admired. I write on an Android, from Halifax... Nova Scotia...in Canada. Brad Laford Facebook. This is a real treat. Anytime, you're downlinks arevwelcome!

6 On Jun 13, 2012 07:00:23 PM  susan hopkins  added a comment on your blog post. 

keep up the good work wish the news programes in the uk would tell us more news about you gents up there i cheak you on my facebook look after yourselves and hope you sorted the system out love su from wales xxk

5 On Jun 14, 2012 10:59:12 AM  guest  added a comment on your blog post. 

I have an elemental question. How is the human body effected near term by exposure to space? I understand about the lack of air,extreme changes in temp, and the vacum. But how does it affect our bodies directly? Is it anything like what we see in films,the body expanding?
blood boiling,eyes bulging?
I know this is somewhat bizare but I'm really curious and I'm sure others are as well.
So what would happen if an astronaut opened their visor while on an eva?
Thanks,
Peter longo

4 On Jun 14, 2012 11:09:31 AM  guest  added a comment on your blog post. 

Wow, I got excited when I saw this tweet about the mystery Zuch. I remember reading about it weeks or months ago and then nothing. I am curious about the results of our Zuch's fate.

3 On Jun 13, 2012 11:29:43 PM  guestBradley Laford  added a comment on your blog post. 

Thanks for this and these pix, guys! We earthliings down here appreciate feedback. You're much admired. I write on an Android, from Halifax... Nova Scotia...in Canada. Brad Laford Facebook. This is a real treat. Anytime, you're downlinks arevwelcome!

2 On Jun 13, 2012 02:28:53 PM  Allan  added a comment on your blog post. 

This is cool ... may the Ku-band be with you ... zucchini from Sprout ? Oh my ... if all image data are in RAW format the downlink will take forever to downlink !!

1 On Jun 13, 2012 07:01:57 PM  susan hopkins  added a comment on your blog post. 

keep up the good work wish the news programes in the uk would tell us more news about you gents up there i cheak you on my facebook look after yourselves and hope you sorted the system out love su from wales xxk

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