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Not even close. Thought it might be some type of a weather information gathering instrument
Posted by Steve E. on 11/02/21 at 12:36 PM
Way, way off base.
I imagined it might be one of those packages to be launched into space for experiments in micro-gravity. The long grey cylinder in front looked like a motor, the squat silver cylinder behind it a transmission, and I pictured the colored tanks spinning. A long time ago, I read an article about how centrifuging things in the absence of gravity would yield purer fractions and even allow the formation of molecules which were difficult/impossible to synthesize on Earth (don't ask me how, I confess I never understood the concept).
I imagined it might be one of those packages to be launched into space for experiments in micro-gravity. The long grey cylinder in front looked like a motor, the squat silver cylinder behind it a transmission, and I pictured the colored tanks spinning. A long time ago, I read an article about how centrifuging things in the absence of gravity would yield purer fractions and even allow the formation of molecules which were difficult/impossible to synthesize on Earth (don't ask me how, I confess I never understood the concept).
Posted by Phideaux on 11/02/21 at 08:06 PM
A bit closer.
I thought it was some kind of 4-color paintball gun.
I thought it was some kind of 4-color paintball gun.
Posted by Yudith on 11/03/21 at 08:14 PM
I thought it was a (theatrical) smoke gun...
Posted by Richard Bos on 11/06/21 at 06:06 AM
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