This is getting awesome

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feeds@kickapps.com (vallguy) — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:07:17 PST

The human body is not well suited to long trips in space. One of the major goals of the space station is to figure out how the human body can survive a trip to say Mars. Now some might question why we should go to Mars, but man has that unquenchable thirst to explore. I'm sure many said the same thing to Columbus.

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feeds@kickapps.com (jscio) — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:00:52 PST

"Very interesting but not nearly as complicated as putting together a gas grill!!"
Try a child's bicycle.

"Are we learning anything that isn't already known?"
Well since much of the technology we now use and consider essential has come directly from the space program, personally I'd say no. Learning is an on-going journey.

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feeds@kickapps.com (gitpik) — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:48:36 PST

Well it seems some say that it would take generations travelling at the speed of light to reach any planets that could even possibly support life. That being said, I also have no idea of if what they are finding out there is worth the $$$ spent.
Also it always amazes me that if UFO's are real, why an intelligent species like that would travel all that distance to just land at some hog farm in Arkansas ? You think they would at least want to take in some sights, take the kids to Disneyland , see Niagra Falls or where ever.

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feeds@kickapps.com (3fangers) — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:16:58 PST

I wanna ask a contrary questions: What is the point of building the ISS bigger and bigger, besides being a money dump? Are we learning anything that isn't already known?

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feeds@kickapps.com (Ranger1964) — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:27:39 PST

Very interesting but not nearly as complicated as putting together a gas grill!!

You think they have a few left-over parts like I do every time I put something together? I still have a left-over flux capacitor and I have no idea what it goes to?

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feeds@kickapps.com (TChristianHD28) — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:44:53 PST

Cool. Very cool.

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feeds@kickapps.com (MichaelM) — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:55:08 PST

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feeds@kickapps.com (jscio) — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:44:52 PST

Cool link. All it needs now is a McDonald's drive through and a zero-G Putt-Putt.

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feeds@kickapps.com (Sloppy Picker) — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:40:53 PST

That is getting large, I wonder when the HAL get's installed?

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feeds@kickapps.com (58957) — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:58:03 PST

Cool 'flash', thanks for the link!

This is getting awesome

feeds@kickapps.com (gitpik) — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:47:25 PST

I never realized the space station was this big. Just think how many Martins you could buy for what that cost !! I wonder if anyone ever took a guitar up there ? Guess his playing would just be out of this world.

Http://I.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm