Small Scion iQ great for city scooting

20.09.11

More aptly could be referred to as 3.5, able to fit three full-size adults with reasonable comfort and a small child or car seat.

Squeezing this amount of space into a car this size involves an advanced degree in space utilization. It starts with pushing the wheels to the very outside corners and everything else to the outer edges. Right Behind the front bumper you’ll find the differential, normally positioned on the other side of the engine in a front-drive vehicle. It has been inverted and moved in front to avoid infringement into the passenger compartment.

The world’s smallest automotive air conditioning system is packed behind the center of the instrument panel and there is no glove box, rather a sliding tray beneath the passenger seat. This allows the passenger side of the dash to be pushed forward and the passenger seat to move well ahead of the driver’s seat, making room for a decent amount of legroom in the rear seat on that side if the passenger sacrifices some. Access to the rear is easy thanks to a folding, sliding front seat. There is plenty of headroom in all positions.

Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca

NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 19 September 2011

19.09.11

First thing in post-sleep, Furukawa & Fossum undertook their 15th weekly U.S. "Bisphosphonates" biomedical countermeasures session, ingesting an Alendronate pill before breakfast. The required ~10h fast period started for them last night. This is usually done on Mondays. [The Bisphosphonates study should determine whether antiresorptive agents (that help reduce bone loss) in conjunction with the routine in-flight exercise program will protect ISS crewmembers from the regional decreases in bone mineral density documented on previous ISS missions. Two dosing regimens are being tested: (1) an oral dose of 70 mg of Alendronate taken weekly starting 3 weeks prior to flight and then throughout the flight and (2) an intravenous (IV) dose of 4 mg Zoledronic Acid, administered just once approximately 45 days before flight. The rationale for including both Alendronate and Zoledronic Acid is that two dosing options will maximize crew participation, increase the countermeasure options available to

Source: Space Ref (press release)

Aux fuel tank - News

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