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- jonqdoe, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22Just hold a quarter next to your monitor.
- mahler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14That is highly unlikely, since there is pretty much no oxygen around...
- dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12"I think it'd be Australia too."
No, stupids. It's not Australia. Do you see any deserted islands around with Dharma installations? Didn't think so. - beelz, on 10/12/2007, -13/+22Wow.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I'm sure that's what this guy is thinking:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:STS-114_Steve_Robinson_on_Canadarm2.jpg - MrIso, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Looking at this map, from the shape of the part of the Caspian Sea that's visible, I'd say it looks like it's over Kazakhstan, maybe Russia...between Astrakhan and Atyrau. (Rotate map 90 CCW and it appears to be the same shape)
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/caucasus_cntrl_asia_pol_2003.jpg
Damn, replied to the wrong post. - nitsuj, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Thank you. Now if you can just clean that foam from your mouth and exit stage left we'll let you know how you did in your audition for 'ranting lunatic'. Next.
- Justavian, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The ISS makes me sad. Great concept as far as bringing a variety of countries together. Great concept as far as getting a continuous presence in space. But poorly executed, and the goals were not clearly defined. I'm sad to say that NASA could have used that money in a hundred other more important endeaveurs. One of the things that has made it so ridiculously expensive is, of course, just getting stuff to orbit. It seems to me that should have been the real focus. International community coming together to get the next wave of reusable space vehicle. Not only would that have made the ISS cheaper, but the commercial world would benefit as well.
LiftPort claims that a space elevator would only require about 10 billion invested for the first fully functioning ribbon to be in place by 2020. Doesn't the space shuttle cost billions with each launch? Strengthening our presence in space and exploring are the two most important long term goals of humanity - it's sad that everyone is spending money on killing each other and other petty concerns, when we should be working together to further our species. - socbret, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I wish I had somthing to put up next to it to understand it's scale.
- zaders, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Space agencies should hire architects and designers... I bet people would be much more excited about it if it looked like a Proper space station. ;)
- morcheeba, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5That yellow stuff is probably Kapton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapton
It's like the duct tape of the space program :-)
While it's true that low earth orbit has little atmosphere, it does have some oxygen. And rather than being normal O2 or ozone (O3), it's unbonded atomic oxygen (just plain O). While very low in density, this atomic oxygen is aggressive and really wants to bond with (er, rust) anything it comes in contact with. Here's a report: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/RT2001/5000/5480degroh1.html - mark1372, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Because it doesn't add to the discussion and if everyone posted "wow" when they thought it, Digg would suck ass.
- OutcastJiob, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@cius: if you like pictures like this, have a look at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html . Check the image of the day archives in particular, they're very cool.
- dswinscoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Background area includes upper part of the Caspian Sea. The dark area on the lower right (near the Soyuz) is the Volga Delta."
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-114/html/s114e7220.html - listrophy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Rough calculations.
ISS Length: 146 ft ( http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html )
Approximate pixel length: 1180 px
Resulting scale: ~1.5 inch/pixel - b_timmins, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Google Earth to the rescue. Look at 46°10'37.04"N 51° 7'28.60"E from the NW, 109 degrees at a tilt of 45 degrees
- listrophy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5A picture like this serves only to frustrate: the ISS is doomed. Congress and NASA have given up on it. Originally, it was going to be much bigger and better, but now it will be practically useless.
What, exactly is the ISS for? Performing science experiments in order to understand microgravity's effect on various scientific fields: biology, polymerization, film physics, etc. Except NASA has redefined "a complete ISS" as missing much of the original science modules. The only thing keeping the ISS in the sky, as far as NASA is concerned, is international relations.
IAARS. I should know. - pagit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
just says caspian sea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Caspian_Sea_from_orbit.jpg - TurboNerd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4The ISS is not a "orbiting space city". At best its the world's most expensive RV.
- chaosmachine, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4For here am I sitting in a tin can
far above the world
planet earth is blue
and there's nothing I can do. - jrob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Anyone know what country it is above?
- breezy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Looks like Kazakhstan to me ...
http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=caspian6ug.jpg
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=46.130363,51.300659&ll=46.183634,52.058716&spn=2.627932,6.943359&t=k&om=1 - hotpepper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's hard to know what country it is above without knowing which angle was used to take the photo. If the camera was situated perpendicular to the ISS, then the Caspian sea would be below it. If it was taken from a 5% angle, however, then the Caspian Sea would be in the distance, and some other country would be below it.
- molsen311, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What the ISS really gave us is the knowledge of what we CAN'T do. For example, the idea to build a staging station for a trip to Mars is obviously a bad idea because by the time it gets finished, the tech. would be out of date and falling apart. Similarly, the ISS never grew to it's full design (nor will it ever) because by this point, the systems on it are already beginning to fail and the technology used to run it is sorely out of date. The ISS can be looked at as a failure, but that failure has taught us alot.
noahhoward, you are right in that private investment is the best way to get things underway for space stations, space travel, etc. The government is way too busy fighting terrorists to allocate enough funding for such endeavors. We need more x-prize competitions and the like. NASA is a great organization, but they lack the mula to do what they have the potential to do. - ibjhb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I would have thought gravity would have played a part...
/sarcasm
jk - plefno, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's a cool picture and all, but does this really belong on digg. Has digg degenerated into a cool picture link depository? That having been said, this is totally my desktop wallpaper now. :)
- lukeamotion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I dunno about you guys, but someone better grab that camera. It appears to be just floating there with nothing holding it. Do we have two space stations up there? Or was that the last photos of a astronaut who was floating away? Or did he have a jet pack? Cool!!!
- Avian00, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3That, or they'll just think what I think which is that there are apparently too many people on digg who need to get over themselves.
I can understand modding down a comment like "Hey! I think I see my house from here!" But "wow?" That's a perfectly legitimate response to a cool-looking picture.
EDIT: And I'm sure that many people will now feel compelled to post, "Hey! I think I see my house from here!" - tomkin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4We need space stations manned with missle silos in case of alien invasion.
- plefno, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I second that, Avian00.
- cius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I completely agree. If anyone has anymore like this (shuttle, station, or sattelite hanging over earth) please link them. I love this stuff.
- NanoStuff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Don't forget NASA's petty public relations "let's take all the money out of research and go to the moon again" plan.
- Lord_oftheTrons, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If i just set up a script that submitted the APOD picture every day, I would have a front page story every day. Why isn't there a permanant link to APOD on the front page? Sorry for the rant, but I've seen this happen a ton of times.
"completely agree. If anyone has anymore like this (shuttle, station, or sattelite hanging over earth) please link them. I love this stuff."
Just check the APOD archive:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html - gandhii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2depends whether the ultimate goal is to populate space and beyond, or to just learn about it.
- stefford, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well The Caspian Sea borders a few countries I believe. Russia and Iran are 2 that come to mind.
- john570, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't care. I still want to go.
- gandhii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I think that is more the president's plans. NASA is just another government agency that needs to follow orders.
- JQP123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No private group would have built the space station in it's current form --- and for good reason, there is no logical way to justify the investment. It's little more than a very expensive publicity stunt.
- Avian00, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2+Digg for linking directly to the photo!
- artgod, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sure looks cramped clunky... nothing like space odyssey 2001
- NeedDataFeedMe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Looks like a buncha tin cans held together with duct tape. Wake me up when they start looking like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ds9.jpg
And I know we are taking baby steps to get there, but let me remind you that our space program is vastly under-funded and overly scrutinized. I'm just bored of hearing about another planned mission to ISS to watch plants grow in space.
Privatize it already!!! Love to see a six flags space station... - JQP123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@gandhii
"depends whether the ultimate goal is to populate space and beyond, or to just learn about it."
We need to learn about it first in order to determine if it is even reasonable to think about populating. At the current state of technology, the idea of populating remains pure science fiction. - RetiredMidn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2...and people once believed that railroads were impractical because the human body couldn't tolerate speeds in excess of 30 MPH...
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http://nano-tech.freehostia.com - republicoftexas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1When the hell are they going to finish it! It has been so long since the first piece was brought up there.
- robertgoodwin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It was probably taken from a space shuttle.
- robertgoodwin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Great image! Now we need one like this with the new configuration, including the new truss and solar arrays that were added during STS-115. You think it's impressive now, wait until it's finished.
- etruscan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was thinking Red Sea/Caspian Sea area. Beautiful image.
- shumacher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I am a layperson. As a layperson, is it wrong of me to think that it looks like a spacestation would if designed by the Wikimedia Foundation? It just seems very cobbled-together.
- acontorer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My first thought was "wow". But my second thought was "That's it?! That's what we spent billions and billions of dollars building? Ouch."
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