Continuous human presence in space has now breached 5000 days
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We just crossed over the 5000 day count of constant human presence on the International Space Station.
[url]http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/[/url]
Expedition 1, 5000 days ago, on November 2nd, year 2000:
[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsVxoSOCEAA5vgk.jpg:large[/img]
:toot: First 5000 of a way longer streak I hope!
We can probably assume this is the first 5000 days of forever, I mean, we've really got no reason to bring them all down at once.
[QUOTE=vladnag;45369056]We can probably assume this is the first 5000 days of forever, I mean, we've really got no reason to bring them all down at once.[/QUOTE]
I really hope that you are right
[QUOTE=vladnag;45369056]We can probably assume this is the first 5000 days of forever, I mean, we've really got no reason to bring them all down at once.[/QUOTE]
Even if the ISS is brought down the chinese station is still currently operational.
Even if it is supposed to be brought down it is planned to be replaced.
Alright, let's start colonizing. I'll be in Side 6.
[QUOTE=eurocracy;45369229]Even if the ISS is brought down the chinese station is still currently operational.
Even if it is supposed to be brought down it is planned to be replaced.[/QUOTE]
And let's hope this time we end up with something a bit more "solid" but can still be added on to, like it starts out as a massive central hub but has modules and long "corridors" branching off it. It might be more expensive, but building small modules on Earth a'la the ISS does restrict what you can do with space station construction, and in the end would be worth every dollar.
Once we start building larger things in orbit, that's when the Space Age is truly reborn. Hell even if we start out just using the Moon as a shipyard/starport, as opposed to building the whole darn station in orbit, it would still be a big step above just building weenie modules on Earth because it's harder to launch anything larger into orbit, especially since the low lunar gravity means it'd be way easier to launch larger modules.
Humans rule
making space our bitch since 2000
come on aliens are you even trying?
I'll volunteer for Freeport 7. :downs:
[QUOTE=Bradyns;45370448]I'll volunteer for Freeport 7. :downs:[/QUOTE]
what could go wrong
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