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From: larryb@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM (Larry Brader)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: space news from April 3 AW&ST
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Date: 12 May 89 14:17:57 GMT
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In article <1989May11.050951.11130@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>
>US scientists examining protein crystals recovered from a Chinese
>satellite observe that many were broken by reentry and landing forces.
>Complete crystals are important for protein-structure determination.
>
From what I understand they do most of the crystal analysis on earth.
Has anyone engineer a piece of test equipment to actual perform analysis
in space?  It would seem to make a alot of sense check out a micro-g crystal
structure in space in addition to analysis on earth.  Gravity and re-entry
will cause deformation to various crystaline structures.  

How about a satellite that grows crystals, performs analysis and beam the
information to earth?  I'm sure someone has already thought of it. Is it
possible, worthwhile, or simply another idea to be noted and log?

>-- 
>Mars in 1980s:  USSR, 2 tries, |     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
>2 failures; USA, 0 tries.      | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu
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