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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. and still by gspr · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...and still the people of Earth cannot tell the difference between then and than.

  2. Great ISS-related site by frozenray · · Score: 4, Informative


    http://heavens-above.com/ has location-based information about the flight path of the ISS, among other things. Worth a visit.

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  3. ISS -- first step to Mars or not? by GGardner · · Score: 4, Informative
    If we hope to ever estabilish a permanent moon base or go to Mars (or beyond) we will certainly be building upon the lessons learned in constructing the ISS (pun inteneded).

    The above is a common misconception. Richard Zubrin's Mars Direct proposal shows how to send humans to mars without the ISS. Of course, ISS keeps earthbound contractors fat, and happy.