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ASCAN1984
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posted 07-24-2011 08:17 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ASCAN1984   Click Here to Email ASCAN1984     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have been thinking about the Multi-Purpose Logistic Modules (MPLMs) and I have realised that apart from transporting logistics into orbit and being transferred to the station until empty I know not a lot about them and what they look like like inside. Are there any good videos that explain them a bit better.

APG85
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posted 07-24-2011 08:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for APG85     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What will become of them now that the shuttle program is over?

ASCAN1984
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posted 07-24-2011 04:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ASCAN1984   Click Here to Email ASCAN1984     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm going to use one as my tool shed.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-24-2011 04:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There were three MPLMs built and two flown.

Leonardo is now installed on the International Space Station as the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM). Donatello, which never flew, was cannibalized for parts to strengthen Leonardo to be left on-orbit, its useful parts sent back to the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Thales Alenia Space.

Raffaello just returned from space onboard Atlantis. It is almost certainly destined for a museum.

With regards to video overviews, here is one about the transformation of Leonardo from MPLM to PMM:

ASCAN1984
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posted 07-25-2011 01:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ASCAN1984   Click Here to Email ASCAN1984     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The video was very interesting indeed. The people of the space program are some smart cookies to think of all that.

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