Space Gets A True Universal Dock

geeksaresexy.net — Computing has the USB cable. Analog audio visual equipment (in Europe at least) has the SCART lead. High definition has the HDMI cable. And now the International Space Station has its own standard plug/socket combo. Oct 21, 2010 View in Crawl 4

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animental Oct 21, 2010

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Finally! The last component. I can build my shuttle!

davidgojr Oct 21, 2010

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This is a great step towards international cooperative human spaceflight.

sinembarg0 Oct 21, 2010

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Humans have a standard connector as well.

rif42 Oct 21, 2010

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And it is defined in metric units.
http://www.internationaldockingstandard.com/

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midnitte Oct 22, 2010

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Damn I was hoping for smoots. Least its not imperial units.

canadianmacfan Oct 21, 2010

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What took them so long? The problem with space travel is that is seems like everything is a one-off and very complicated. Why does so much work on the ISS require space walks?

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