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International Space Station Turns Two

Posted by michael on from the space-is-wide-and-good-friends-are-too-few dept.

RedWolves2 writes "Today is ISS's second anniversary of Operations. Two years ago today NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev first boarded the ISS. In two years the station has grown to more then 200,000 pounds and has had 112 visitors."

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  1. Coincidence... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 5, Funny
    "In two years... has grown to more then 200,000 pounds and has had 112 visitors."

    I thought Slashdot posted a story about my ex-girlfriend.

  2. What do you want for your birthday? by sam_handelman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Station: World peace?

    Astronaut David A. Wolf: Heh. Yeah, right.

    Station: Well.... how about understanding between all peoples and religions?

    Wolf: Damn programmers. Filthy hippies.

    Station: An end to social injustice?

    Wolf: Those pinko bastards programmed you for that! Disregard it!

    Station: Could you tell everyone that a sentient computer in orbit has found aliens and carries a message of peace and love from the cosmos?

    Wolf: We'd be a laughing stock! Look, why don't you ask for something that we can give you up here, right now?

    Station: I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

    Wolf: Uh-oh.

    --
    The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.