the international space station

[Jerry_111]

... is bigger and more spacious on the inside than i thought. Check out the HD quality of this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1OTSbIzcwI

 

[jverne]

clean, CLEAN?
i'd be like ****ing terrified to move my eyeballs in the fear of tearing some cable or something. but i guess this it's how it's done up there.


to be honest i don't like their arrangement of the station. everything seems haphazardly placed...cycling machine, robotics ops and a food warmer all together. i think it would be more like...here's the kitchen, there's the storage room, the lab.
they have stuff all over the place.

 

[Warped]

I still can't believe 6 people that we know of are living somewhat pretty far away from the Earth right now. Once the moon base is up we'll see exploration differently

 

[Ravioli]

The PFE of the PAC causes the DEO and the COU to access the LPA but not the MIO because the NHI is not linked to the GIK.


wat?

cool video nonetheless

 

[TimoJay]

damn it

 

[barbarbarbarbar]

I want to go up there !

 

[Warped]

I want to go up there !

thats what he said!

 

[Naudian]

Not explaining the abbreviations at all FTL :\

Neat to see anyway

 

[Hazar]

so ****ing awesome


I want to go there

 

[theotherguy]

clean, CLEAN?
i'd be like ****ing terrified to move my eyeballs in the fear of tearing some cable or something. but i guess this it's how it's done up there.


to be honest i don't like their arrangement of the station. everything seems haphazardly placed...cycling machine, robotics ops and a food warmer all together. i think it would be more like...here's the kitchen, there's the storage room, the lab.
they have stuff all over the place.

Well, the problem is that each module costs so much to build and launch that they want to make full use of every module. People high-up don't want to hear, "oh, we're going to launch a completely empty module for storage.." or "this module will be used exclusively for eating food," etc. Each module is launched for a specific scientific or engineering/maintenence purpose, and storage and other functions are secondary.

I do think, though, that a dedicated cargo module would probably be extremely useful to them--perhaps one with pre-built straps all along the walls and perhaps hard containers in which to store things.

 

[G(ordon)-man]

Awesome. You know, if the whole Earth dies or humanity destroys itself these guys will live on for a couple of days. Cool.

 

[Warped]

Awesome. You know, if the whole Earth dies or humanity destroys itself these guys will live on for a couple of days. Cool.

which is also cool if we never make it out of the solar system too. at least we could live on for a slight bit longer if we just push a little bit farther. i hope someday humanity extends past the threat of foreseeable extinction because every 26 million years (estimated) whatever is on the planet becomes extinct for some odd reason.

 

[Tyguy]

which is also cool if we never make it out of the solar system too. at least we could live on for a slight bit longer if we just push a little bit farther. i hope someday humanity extends past the threat of foreseeable extinction because every 26 million years (estimated) whatever is on the planet becomes extinct for some odd reason.

it would be nice if humanity didn't die, i agree

 

[AJ Rimmer]

This is very cool. More money to the space programme!

 

[barbarbarbarbar]

i wonder how they shit and pee up there...

 

[barbarbarbarbar]

This is very cool. More money to the space programme!

Yeah ! I think that ESA , NASA and all of the other space organizations of the world should team up . About the colonization of the Moon and Mars , I often ask myself whose will the colonized planets be? For example , if NASA lands on Mars first , will they consider it as USA territory or will the planet be treated like Antarctica.With the Moon and Mars missions on horizon i think that some sort of international law should be passed in order to prevent territorial claims on other planets.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

i think that some sort of international law should be passed in order to prevent territorial claims on other planets.

There was, in 1979, the moon treaty that governs that all celestial bodies and their satellites should belong to humanity as a whole. Only, no space-faring countries have signed it.

i wonder how they shit and pee up there...

Diapers and bags for urine, toilets equipped with suction for poo.

Also, most common question ever associated with space flight. I expected more from... no, actually that's precisely what I expected of you.

 

[barbarbarbarbar]

I'll pretend i didn't read that " i expected that from you ".Do you know how do they shower?

 

[barbarbarbarbar]

There was, in 1979, the moon treaty that governs that all celestial bodies and their satellites should belong to humanity as a whole. Only, no space-faring countries have signed it.

I wonder what would happen if some day humanity discovers a very primitive civilization on a other planet.I don't mean like a modern day earth civilization but sort of a african tribe like civilization.

 

[Warped]

I watched plenty of NASA videos and i believe the urine is recycled now, the poo gets stored taken back with the rentry flight, and the showering is limited because of water supply but its more like a sponge bath. also up there, since there is no gravity, it effects bone structure and digestion, so your body doesn't need your bones anymore and you age much faster. its kind creepy if you think about it.

 

[AJ Rimmer]

I wonder what would happen if some day humanity discovers a very primitive civilization on a other planet.I don't mean like a modern day earth civilization but sort of a african tribe like civilization.

Historically, when a technologically advanced civilizations means a technologically inferior, the latter is destroyed.

Do you know how do they shower?

They don't. Lack of gravity and reduced water tension makes it unfeasable. Spongebaths, as Warped said, is the shit. Also:

also up there, since there is no gravity

This is something that bugs me. Microgravity, if you'd please, or zero gee environment. The ISS is only 300 km up, there's plenty of gravity up there.

 

[mindless_moder]

Thanks for posting the video , it was quite insightful . It is odd to think that there are men and women who have dedicated their lives to this work. It's quite a sacrifice to cut yourself out of the general population and the way society functions to do this kind of work. Although i guess it does come with its perks , i loved the viewing hole that you see towards the end of the clip. I would give anything to be able to look down on the earth or experience low gravity.

Does anyone know any of these acronyms he was spurting out ?.