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In space, metals can weld together without heat or melting.
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Written by Joh Howes and Derek Muller
Yes, it's pronounced Gemini (ee not eye) because that's the way everyone pronounced this mission.
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References:
Gemini IV transcripts: www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/missi...
Gemini IV recordings:
archive.org/details/Gemini4 (relevant clip is 1297 at about 2:00)
ESA cold welding recommendations:
esmat.esa.int/Publications/Published_papers/STM-279.pdf
Cold welding gold nanowire:
www.nature.com/nnano/journal/v...
Music by Kevin MacLeod "Intrepid" www.incompetech.com