Opening a Soyuz Spacecraft Globus Instrument (Patreon)

https://youtu.be/bQS60l4d1to

Thanks to Marcel, we finally got our hands on a Globus from the Soyuz capsule. Enjoy this rough cut of the raw video footage (let me know if the Patreon video player works OK on  such long videos - if not I can upload on YouTube). This one of my all time favorite space instruments, a mechanical analog orbit calculator, that poetically displays your position on a painted earth globe. This particular one is a bit broken as you'll see, but we think we can repair it for Marcel. Ken has already published an article about his initial findings here:

https://www.righto.com/2023/01/inside-globus-ink-mechanical-navigation.html 

We are working on making it functional again, and Master Ken is currently trying to figure out where all the cut wires are supposed to go. Which is no easy task, as we discovered there are many more cut wires than shown here. Basically, all the wires harnesses have been cut through in several places. Hopefully we can figure it all out and repair this beauty.

Marc & team