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[Raquel Villanueva]
Did you know that robots

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Did you know that robots
wear blankets in space?

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Let's take a look at how
they're sewn together.

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[Mark Duran]
We call this the ‘Shield Shop’

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because the thermal
control blanket

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shields the spacecraft
against extreme hot

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and cold temperatures
of outer space.

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[Raquel] The spacecraft
that needs shielding,

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Europa Clipper.

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It's set to travel
nearly 2 billion miles

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to study Jupiter's
moon Europa.

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The goal?

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To find out if there's water
beneath the icy surface

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and if it could support life.

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[Mark] The Europa Clipper
mission is a unique mission.

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It has an especially 
harsh environment

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of high radiation

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and we need to ground a thermal 

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We're using a
special material

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that is easily groundable.

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[Raquel] Materials, including
Kapton and Mylar.

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These are lightweight
and heat resistant.

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[Mark] I don't know if
you've ever seen

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those emergency blankets?

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It's the same principle

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where you're trying
to maintain heat.

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What it's doing is it's

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making it difficult
for heat to escape.

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[Raquel] Clipper’s blanket
will have 22 layers,

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but it's only about a
quarter of an inch thick.

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[Mark] A lot of people think
that these are so delicate,

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but they're not
really delicate.

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There's a lot of testing

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to make certain that
 the materials hold up.

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Morgan Betsill I'm kind of a
spacecraft seamstress,

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so just like they have
to fit particular bodies,

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I have to fit
particular shapes.

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I make cozy winter jackets

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that keep them
nice and warm.

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The radiator was
really tricky.

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Something that's
like a simple cube

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is pretty easy.

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But when you start
getting into really

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crazy geometries,

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you kind of have
to fit it on there

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a few times before it's
going to be perfect.

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I would call this
my sketchbook.

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It's easier to draw something
out on a small scale

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instead of drawing
the whole thing out

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and then realizing a
measurement is wrong.

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So it's helpful to
have a drawing

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and then notes that you
can see all in one spot.

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[Mark] Each blanket either
gets sewn together 

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or it's laced together.

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We're going to be delivering

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almost 300 thermal blankets

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to the Europa
Clipper project,

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and at the end it's just like

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 one giant blanket.

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[Raquel] Europa Clipper
will continue

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to be assembled at the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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in preparation for
launch in 2024.

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Thank you for watching
Spacecraft Makers.