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Note that this is very similar to the way modules were relocated on Mir. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyappa_arm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyappa_arm
by trothamel 4y ago
Note that this is very similar to the way modules were relocated on Mir.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyappa_arm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyappa_arm
- genocidicbunny 4y agoAs an aside, this: > The word “Lyappa” does not exist in Russian. It is probably a corruption of Russian: лапа, romanized: lapa, lit. 'paw' does not seem to be completely accurate to me, since 'ляпа' is a word in Russian that is pronounced more or less like "lyappa"; The only reason I'm hesitant is that ляпа means blunder or mistake, which would be a rather ominous name to give you a component of your pride-of-the-nation space station. Almost seems like the 'paw' nickname somehow got out to western media, and someone decided to play a little linguistic joke.
- yetihehe 4y agoOr someone misread and thought that л is always soft, so lyappa. Not the first chinese speaker mistake I've seen today.