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- bwanac, on 11/03/2007, -0/+21Leave it up to kids to name it something like "Harmony" and not "PepsiCo Module"
- thedarkrabbit, on 11/03/2007, -2/+20Next week, however, they open up the NEW new wing.... Starbucks.
- mal1964, on 11/03/2007, -1/+12All the technology money can buy, but you still need the 2 cent 3M dust mask to complete the job.
- lilsis, on 11/03/2007, -0/+8with the entire world going to ***** it is incredibly refreshing to read news like this, of international cooperation... i can't wait until the day we finally figure it out and learn how to work together.
hopeless dream probably - nakile, on 10/28/2007, -2/+6I'm waiting for a sickbay with a holographic doctor.
"Please state the nature of the medical emergency!" - joegibes, on 10/28/2007, -0/+4You could have bought at 3M dust mask with that :(
- cobaltblue12345, on 11/03/2007, -0/+4The station will only expand until 2010. Construction will end in that year and the station will begin its "fully operational" period. That period will end about 2016. NASA plans to de-orbit the station then in order to free up funds for the Moon and Mars missions.
- STKD, on 10/30/2007, -0/+4They were going to be given a Wii, but apparently the sensor bar makes it a bitch to use in zero g.
- codemonkeysteve, on 11/03/2007, -0/+3"Flight director Rick LaBrode admired Harmony from Mission Control. "It's bright, shiny ... it's as clean as can be, perfect shape," he said."
But does it have that new-space-station-module smell? - kakapu4u, on 11/03/2007, -0/+3If the interior was ever exposed to open space, the module may have some jagged space dust particles inside. Since space dust hasn't had the opportunity to dull its sharper edges by bumping into something, breathing any of that stuff might be equivalent to taking a deep breath of fiberglass insulation.
Just a guess based on physical consequences, not radioactive or chemical... Anyone from NASA care to share? - kakapu4u, on 10/28/2007, -0/+3Better pics and information are at space.com: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/071027-sts120 ...
But I've always wondered why they just shoot up one tin can after another and strap it on as a room. Why not build a much larger cylinder here on the surface, chop it up into quarters lengthwise, then send those up individually and reassembly them? Then they'd have a much larger room to float around in or do experiments in. - Dylan47, on 11/03/2007, -0/+2lol, i can picture that... a bunch of teenagers waiting eagerly behind a counter at zero gravity.
- Gigabutt, on 10/28/2007, -1/+3My question is, wtf were they doing before without air, electricity and water?
- mal1964, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1Its the Homer Simpson affect.
- ps3udov3ctor, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1what no stadium seating home movie theater with Dolby 5.1 surround sound? that thing's a waste of money.
- jsynnott, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1Can someone explain the following to me?
"Even though it looked immaculate inside, international space station commander Peggy Whitson and Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli - the first to enter - wore surgical masks and goggles to protect themselves from any dirty stowaways, like dust, lint or crumbs. The air inside the school bus-size chamber was immediately tested."
Why must they be so careful about dirt carried from earth? What makes it so much more dangerous in space? - 3tcp, on 10/28/2007, -1/+2Space stations are boring, I want a mars rock!
- mal1964, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1Without using google do you know what 3m means in words?
- jpowell180, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1Hmmm....an ISS node named "Harmony"...a heavenly body (asteroid or moon) named "Buffy"....an earlier, rejected Station design called "Fred"...can objects named Cordelia, Spike, Willow or Lorne be far behind? ;P
- rheaume, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1Ive fantasized about a soccer ball based idea for assembly since I was younger, made mock-ups in max, all sorts of fun. Far as I can figure it, the demands of proper pressurization and assembly, bother for fittings and all the wiring required thats usually hidden inside... its a nightmare for today's technology and astronauts to do 110% properly, with a bulky spacesuits on, in the vacuum of space, in zero-G. Maybe if they had a pressurized area to work in... That will come next I assume.
- theblankcanvas, on 11/03/2007, -1/+2wait a minute, how is it the guy on the right is unidentified. really, who goes into space unidentified these days. did he just sneak on with the luggage or something lol.
- anarchytv, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1eHarmony buys a sponsorship endorsement, and picks their two 100% best matching male and female dates to spend a romantic week in this honey moon suite room in space. Unfortunatly, it was computer programmers that coded the algohythums to match compatible candidates, and most of them have neglible interpersonal and grooming skills, let alone having pulled off many successful dates in their liife. Within three days, at each others throats constantly, the couple in space kill each other in a bloody 'eBath'. even NASA ducktape can't salvage the mission and put the tin men back together again. eProgrammers are fired, and carry their attrocious matching algohytums with them, to find work at okcupid.com, which doesn't have the budget to stage such fiascos. Did I spell algorhytums right? Probably not. I kept spelling AlGorhyums.. Al Gore for president!
- ScienceDoc, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1I agree. The shuttle program is a giant waste. The money would be better spent on earth. At 100s of millions per shot, imagine what we could do with that money.
- DadeEldron, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1LOLz
- davechris870, on 10/28/2007, -0/+0Watching the live feeds from the shuttle while they do this work is incredible. No matter how experienced NASA is at doing space walks you've got to be pretty damn brave to do it !
http://astroville.com - theblankcanvas, on 10/28/2007, -0/+0whoever put a negative on me, its a joke. jeez
- inactive, on 11/03/2007, -2/+2What a huge waste of money that should be spent on creating new and green energy sources.
Manned space flight is a useless dead end that is actually regressing not progressing.
Robotic missions are much more egalitarian and are critical in understanding the threats the earth is facing.
The idea of running off to Mars to preserve humanity is just childish non-sense.
Without the earth we are doomed and the reverse is likely as well.... - mal1964, on 10/28/2007, -4/+1Thanks for throwing in your 2 cents worth!
- Supurcell, on 10/28/2007, -6/+3Out of this world!
- ryanscott, on 10/29/2007, -8/+4one word.
neat. - manogamez, on 10/28/2007, -10/+5In other news NASA is also planning to build a new extension of the station which enriches the astronauts experience with holographic projections and new experiences. The extension will be names 'The Enrichment Center' and will be controlled by an AI with access to neurotoxin.
- romistrub, on 10/31/2007, -10/+5Is this station modular? Will it just keep expanding? It would make for an interesting walk from the outer portion of the station to the center of it. Like a time capsule of technologies.
- ryanscott, on 10/28/2007, -13/+2digg me down.. double post
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