"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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The ISS celebrates the anniversary of the launch of the first
operational segment today.

To commemorate the event BBCs Radio 4 interviewed Science Writer Dr
Chris Riley and Chairman of the Royal Society Lord Rees discuss the
case for and against the ISS as a useful platform in near Earth orbit.
Scientific attitudes are hardening against it as a $100bn boondoggle
that provides almost no useful science. Even the guy who was
supporting it concedes that the science output of ISS so far was at
best "mediocre".


No kidding! And $100B is B.S. It's total cost is at least twice that.