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Own Your Own (Replica) ISS Module
AMD-lover writes with word that you can purchase a museum-quality replica of the Destiny laboratory module used on the International Space Station. "Keep in mind the weight of approximately 20,000 pounds and the dimensions of 29 feet by 15 feet. But with a price of $1,650,000.00, it is really a steal."
Slashdot millionaires only, ModuleDestiny?$1,650,000.00?
On another note, here's hoping AMD-lover is not an affiliate, because by slashdoting the site there's a better chance that someone does buy this thing with their left over dot com dollars. And if someone does buy the ModuleDestiny, he/she gets 6% commission.
I can use this to upgrade my museum quality replica of the millenium falcon!
...when the real thing is due to crash into my backyard in 10 years time due to maintainance budget cuts?
Beep beep.
That's a steal, I'll authorize the funds, after I data mine the net for some CC #'s.
it only costs $5.16 per ounce. good deal ;)
For that price, I'll take 2!!!
This will really push forward some of the model rocketry enthusiasts! P class rockets will be small potatoes once somebody buys this!
While this is definitely "news for nerds", I think the price puts this out of the price range of "stuff that matters" for most of us. ;) I imagine, though, that several of these will get sold in December when all those government agencies are trying to figure out how to spend what remains in their budgets or else face a smaller budget the following year... ;)
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And then make them into a Beowulf cluster?
where the air leaks from the station!
Now just how did they steal it from the orbit and why nobody noticed it missing.... maybe they were too busy looking for the leak to perform any experiments, then they would notice there's nowhere to perform the experiments.
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Cool, I have a 10% off coupon for the SpaceStore, I think i'll buy one!
oh wait...
Please note: No discounts or coupon codes may be used with this item.
I guess that base won't belong to me afterall...
Ya know, I can only think of one way to simulate true microgravity in that thing. Too bad it can be done just once for at most a few minutes before you need to bail out.
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Random unknown pieces have to start flying away from the model. Then my replica astronauts can attempt a spacewalk until the duct tape holding the suit closed breaks down.
And to think I was this close to getting it when I saw the fine print:
"Please note: No discounts or coupon codes may be used with this item."
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...until some chinese clone makes it to ThinkGeek. It will be more affordable to avarage de-socialised hacker. Must say, all those WORF (World Observation Research Facility), TIVS (Treadmill Vibration Isolation System) and HRF (Human Research Facility) features may even improve a sexual life of an average geek...
There you are, staring at me again.
... the cartoon network ultimate wish list. Does anyone actually buy this stuff? Well I can see the module being bought by a museum, MAYBE, but 1.65 million dollars is a lot of money to buy on something like that, it seems you could build your own for much cheaper. Sure it wouldn't be as accurate but you could make it as accurate as you want, and is this one even accurate? Does the real module weigh 20,000lbs? Wouldn't it have some super lightweight materials? Would any real people pay for one? I don't think anyone who actually has the money for this, would want this, since for a few million more they can probably go up to the ISS.
... ounces. ;-)
For a second I thought it was talking about that god-awful web server.
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where do you keep this? Next to your Tandy subway car???
this is actually the original version of the module, tested by midget astronauts; god rest their souls.
In my life I have had a chance to buy some pretty odd things, some I bought some I didnt, of the many things I didnt buy there are a few that haunt me, a 1971 Superbird for 5 grand in 1988. and a full scale repilca of the Mercury Capsule in about 1985 for $800 , I dont think anyone except the flight engineers could have told it wasnt real, the fellow that built it spent 15 years building it then passed away, I had a chance to buy it and almost did, but I couldnt imagine where the heck I was going to put it, it was heavy as hell. I wonder what ever happened to it what a work of art
buy it and donate it to the IIS, seems like theyve been losing a few parts lately :)
$1.65 Million probably is a steal. Does anyone know how much has been (wasted) spent on the actual ISS?
My guess is an order of magnitude higher than the cost of this replica..
err .. I mean King, King!
For a mere $1,650,000.00 all their (replica) bases are belong to you.
AT&ROFLMAO
Actually if you did have this thing outside in a very warm summer climate, you could have some problems there.
Considering that they'll deliver it and assemble it in 4-6 weeks, why didn't NASA just hire them for the real thing since they have their own shipping worked out.
Maybe there are benefits to this outsourcing thing after all.
Sorry kids, due to budget limitations this year we can't afford any books and you'll be taught in classes of 90 ... but check out the playarea at lunch!
...what is a "Minnesota wristwatch"?
For the REAL space station experience, the thing has to be inside a sealed airless low-pressure vacuum chamber, and have holes poked in it. Then we can simulate the composure necessary to become an astronaut
Defenestrate Windows...
A steal compared to ...what competition's price?
The Pacific Science Center would be a great place for this! I remember when I was a little kid I sat inside a _real_ Apollo crew module there... this would be even better!
Did it not occur to you that somebody makes that idiotic joke every time the ISS is mentioned?
just stick it across the street from the MIR SPACE STATION so it won't get lonely...
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Hmmm. While not a replication, I have found and downloaded PDF specs that would allow a model builder to scratch build a scale model of the entire space station. I think it was on NASA's site somewhere, but it has been about five years since I've downloaded them. I think I strarted redrawing the specs for easier readability, I never got around to cutting plastic.
What exactly does "Museum Quality" mean? :-)
Is the thing airtight?! Can we send Cowboyneal into orbit in one of these?
I can finally own a piece of the Hindenburg...
For terrestrial use only. Do not use in space.
for you lazy bastards using the metric system...
Keep in mind the weight of approximately 9 tonnes and the dimensions of 8.8 by 4.5 meters.
Question for slash dotters: If you had 1.6M to spend on a lab, what would you buy?
Oscilloscope, vacuum chamber, some high quality microscopes (optical. electron), breadboard (and an entire Radio Shack to go with), a decent laser, spectrometer, a good chemsirty set, an atomic clock, some high grade uranium (for experimental purposes only, of course), a G5 cluster? Oh and how about a cyclotron?
What have I missed?
Hate to be pedantic but ....
There's no such thing as zero-grvity.
Mod me up, 100% insightful.
If upon entering it you were magically weightless then it would be worth the money.
That's the only thing holding me back. Oh, wait!
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"Please note: No discounts or coupon codes may be used with this item."
gosh darnit i had a 50% off coupon! whats $825,000.00 amongst friends?
If you buy things in quanitity, the price will drop.
Just get people to put down money for their own copies of the modules, and NASA would be ordering them hundreds at a time.
This would be a great way for NASA to build the space station at a lower price and meet market demand. Maybe even make a profit!!!!
Wise men speak because they have something to say, Fools because they have to say something!!!!
Wow, the International Space Station is apparently measured in Imperial units...
how thick is the manual -2 maybe 3 feet?
i'll just put it next to the 1:1 scale model of the deathstar which is just to the right of my holden
what about a beowulf cluster of these things? Now that would be something.
"No discounts or coupon codes may be used with this item." I'm never going to get to use my "Buy one space station get one free coupon."
When Challenger was built, it was originally planned as an alternative Enterprise demonstration model. Would it be possible to modify the module to act as part of another space station?
Just because you can mod me down, doesn't mean you're right. Shoes for industry!
in space-related stuff. He could buy this thing with spare cash from one of his pockets. Heck, he could probably buy the entire ISS together with astronauts.
...but does it run linux?
You can have it dropped out of a 747 and feel weightlessness at least until the sudden stop.
http://www.marscenter.it/eng/modellismoiss.htm
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Raimondo Fortezza has done a great job of creating downloadable PDFs of the ISS components. It's cost me about NZ$220 to print them all, and I am most of the way through assembling them all.
http://www.mistaril.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3
for photos of the parts.
The work is time consuming but rewarding. The parts are very detailed and not for children - but for model makers and enthusiasts.
I have done about 300 hours so far on it - and have maybe another 150 to go before it's complete (in its current state.)
We are still waiting for PIRS docking module and US Airlock components.
How many escape pods are there? "NONE,SIR!" You counted them? "TWICE, SIR!"
That would make someone into high class trailer trash.
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Dont worry guys, Ive found a much cheaper alternative here..
Nearly as useful too!
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I used to have a functional replica of the Mir space station, but after the carburetor broke and its transmission rusted out, I sold it to some guy who always wanted his own 1969 Camaro.
"Hmm, that's funny, the airlock to the science module won't open... I'll just open it manually..."
You are in a twisty maze of processor lines, all alike.
There is a lot of hype here.
What are these pounds you are talking about? There are quite a few different "pounds" in use across the world. How about using the agreed standard kilogram instead? There is only a single definition for it. thanks. It pays to be clear in what you say.
... then pick one up cheap at a Hamfest.
Why do you think that it will crash into YOUR back yard? After all, some of us have friends at NASA, and all that money for "unintentional" trajectory errors will surely outperform your uneducated guess.
Especially if you want it shipped to your space station. Then your shipping costs really skyrocket.
... do you guys have the source to this program available somewhere? What's it's written in? Perl? Python? PHP? It'd be interesting to see how you guys pulled it off.
Suppose for a minute I had some breakthrough propulsion system at my fingertips. Maybe I've figured out a way to generate gravitational force independent of mass. Now I need a spacecraft to test my propulsion system with. Actually building one myself from scratch would be wildly expensive (a lot more than 1.6m USD). Could I buy this thing and expect it to protect from radiation, be airtight, etc. etc.?
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What schools in this country, other than some uber-select private school, would be able to afford something like this?
With the way the education budget is all mucked up, schools are lucky to have an art department, or even teachers in general.
And if some school were foolish enough to spend the $1.6M on this, they better use it every day for the next 40 years, or else it's a complete waste.
I'm curious to see how many of these have actually sold.
I have been meaning to add a computer lab/server room to my house - THIS IS PERFECT!!
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The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it. - Mark Twain
A pound is also a unit of weight. A foot is a unit of measurment equal to 12 inches. 1 meter is around 3.28 feet. 5280 feet = 1 mile.
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Just to make things more confusing
1 pound = 16 ounces.
1 troy pound = 12 ounces.
This is why a pound of feathers is heavier than a pound of gold; gold is measured using troy pounds while feathers are measured using normal pounds.
One of the reasons that the United States does not use the metric system is that it would cost a lot of money for businesses to switch over. Instead of a quarter inch wrench you would have some insane decimal number in metric measurements. The metric system is mostly used for science stuff in the US where world compatibility is much more important.