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Animation of building the space station

CHEVELLE427CHEVELLE427 Member Posts: 6,750
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
If you wondered what they have built at the space station...have a look ..Holy smoke ...incredible!!!!

This is a great animation showing all the segments of the Space Station,the modules and the international partners that have helped create it.

Pass along to your friends and show them that this is what we've been flying the Shuttle for the past several years


also be sure to check out the other options at the top of the page


http://www.tietronix.com/anim/MoviePlayer.asp?myMovie=movies/assembly640x360.swf
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  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That is cool! Fun to watch at night with about a 5 second flyby. I have caught it twice in the sky. Looks like a fast moving jet with no marker lights
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  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    Thanks!
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  • zr700zr700 Member Posts: 2,430 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Really neat, thanks
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  • CA sucksCA sucks Member Posts: 4,310
    edited November -1
    Now if only it did anything... like had a magnetic sail and mining and manufactureing equipment, and went off to the asteroid belt... but no... its a big floating thing in space that we throw money into - sort of like a pleasure boat - except the denser stuff is on the inside
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  • CHEVELLE427CHEVELLE427 Member Posts: 6,750
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by CA sucks
    Now if only it did anything... like had a magnetic sail and mining and manufactureing equipment, and went off to the asteroid belt... but no... its a big floating thing in space that we throw money into - sort of like a pleasure boat - except the denser stuff is on the inside


    for all we know it may have some space ray pointing at the world
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  • CA sucksCA sucks Member Posts: 4,310
    edited November -1
    that would be useful - a nuclear reactor and a big laser or particle beam system for intercepting nukes during the booster stage (the optimum time to intercept them)

    I don't see the value of labs up there - I am very sceptical any science they do up there is worth it, excluding cosmic observation.

    Given we have the technology for magnetic sails (better than solar sails, and uch easier to make), VASIMR engines, compact nuclear reactors, - we should have a spacecraft able to cruise around the solar system.

    Factor in CNC machinery, and other manufacturing advances, there is a real possibility that space could be colonized, asteroids mined, etc - but, you would need to get a lot of equipment up there to get an effort going- and so far the majority of the equipment we've sent up there is useless for that endeavor
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