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  1. Or even better - get the IMAX camera up there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Full Moon

    Screw 35 mm -- lets get some astronauts up there with an IMAX camera - or better yet, the 3D space camera! Why use 35 mm stills when you can have the wide screen? It's like VHS vs. DVD ....

  2. Design some real space habitats not tin cans! by Paul+Fernhout · · Score: 2 · on Space is Silent but Space Habitats are too Noisy
    Life in a tin can will almost always be noisy. But space habitats don't have to be tin cans.

    For example, consider the bubble designs by Michael Savage, consisting of a large air filled bubble, a layer of plastic, six feet of water (for cosmic ray shielding) and another layer of plastic (gold coated to control glare).
    http://www.luf.org/bin/vie w/GIG/GalacticInformationGuide
    http://www.luf.org/

    Or consider the huge O'Neill habitats.
    http://www.ssi.org/space_art.html

    Sometimes, you just need to so something on a big enough scale.
    http://www.imax.com/films/distributi on/L5.html

    NASA needs to get over its fascination on building tin can space ships to go to planets (and tin can space stations to support that). It needs to start researching and doing civil engineering in space -- making new land and cities in space.
    http://www.spaceandrobotics.org/debate.h tm

    At least some people at NASA get it:
    http://near.jhuapl.edu/