Challenge-- LISA

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DavidW
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Challenge-- LISA

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Somebody at work asked me to create an origami model of the LISA spacecraft today.

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There are three of them. LISA=Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. It's going to detect gravitational waves from many astrophysical sources, for example inspiraling supermassive black holes (like we get when galaxies collide), that will act like a new kind of telescope telling us about things that we can't observe optically. :)

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Anyway I created one as a modular design modifying some units I've seen in Fuse's book to suit my purpose.

This is what I made this evening.

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Anyone else want to give it a shot? It's a different design from what you usually fold. :D

And I bet most of you could do a better job! I rarely fold such geometric things. :lol:
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did u notice how much each one looks like the peace symbol?

peace out dudes
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hermanntrude wrote:did u notice how much each one looks like the peace symbol?

peace out dudes
:D I never noticed that before!

Oh yeah anyway for people scratching their heads or want to know more, check out http://lisa.nasa.gov/. :)
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