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Russian Firm Plans Commercial Space Station

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the love-to-visit-someday dept.

astroengine writes "Buoyed by plans for commercial space taxis, a Russian company plans to build and launch a privately owned outpost in orbit for tourists, scientists and other paying visitors. RSC Energia, which designed and built the Russian modules of the International Space Station, is partnering with Russian commercial space startup Orbital Technologies to manufacture the new hub, currently known as Commercial Space Station."

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  1. What I'd like to see by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd like to see a graph showing the total volume of pressurized, human-habitable "tin can" in orbit over time ... because I bet that graph is about to go hockey stick over the next few decades.

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    1. Re:What I'd like to see by fiannaFailMan · · Score: 5, Insightful

      We evolved here. Here is where we function optimally.

      We evolved in Africa. As the climate changed we decided it might be a good idea to spread out a little and try to adapt to living in a different environment. Result? We're still here after all this time. I'd like to think that we won't spend the rest of our existence with all our eggs in the single basket of Earth. Until we become a space faring race, we're one asteroid away from extinction. The sooner we diversify, the better off we're going to be.

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  2. Re:At least someone is moving forward by jgagnon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's hilarious because not that long ago deep sea exploration was impractical and before that even flights through the air were impractical. Just because something is "utterly delusional, impractical, unrealistic, ignorant" now doesn't mean it will always be that way, unless your mind chooses to make it so.

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  3. Re:Wait! The commies....? by c6gunner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's nobody who appreciates capitalism quite as much as those who have lived under communism.