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A new use for the ISS
Stu
post Jul 12 2008, 10:25 PM
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I know there's about as much chance of this happening as there is of Keira Knightley ringing me up and asking me to show her the stars on the next clear night, but what a wonderful, wonderful idea...

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post Jul 13 2008, 07:20 AM
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Minor technical details all... tongue.gif

C'mon guys, think outside the box....

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post Jul 14 2008, 10:54 AM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 13 2008, 08:20 AM) *
C'mon guys, think outside the box....


Ok. Since the article seemed to suggest that there's nothing more to study about weightlessness, and the ISS is modular - just like Lego - can I suggest the following re-engineering -



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(Having seemingly awoken the spirit of Kenneth Gatland)
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- Stu   A new use for the ISS   Jul 12 2008, 10:25 PM
- - Stu   Minor technical details all... C'mon guys,...   Jul 13 2008, 07:20 AM
|- - AndyG   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 13 2008, 08:20 AM) C...   Jul 14 2008, 10:54 AM
- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 13 2008, 12:25 AM) I kno...   Jul 13 2008, 09:32 AM
- - djellison   OK - so several orders of magnitude out Infact, ...   Jul 13 2008, 10:17 AM
- - dvandorn   Yeah -- there are great challenges to getting ISS ...   Jul 13 2008, 04:28 PM
- - Stu   Oooh, I like that! I can almost hear ...   Jul 14 2008, 11:30 AM
|- - AndyG   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 14 2008, 12:30 PM) I can...   Jul 14 2008, 01:47 PM
- - tanjent   If you are going to start imagining different conf...   Jul 14 2008, 01:15 PM
- - PhilCo126   Talking about the ISS: Astronauts onboard the ISS ...   Jul 24 2008, 12:13 PM
|- - imipak   There's a good piece on heavens Above on the E...   Jul 24 2008, 08:41 PM
- - Stu   The horror! That's DONKEYS' years old...   Jul 24 2008, 09:25 PM

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