jonathan wrote:

"Scott Lowther" wrote in message
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Breaking news...

http://www.starshipmodeler.net/cgi-b...ic.php?t=31504




Ever see this spectacular kit of the space station?
I've been tempted to order one.

http://www.imrcmodels.com/iss/issphoto01.htm


It's nice, but the accuracy fo the space station model is in some
serious doubt. There's no toroidal artificial-g section. And without
that, it's not a space station. It's just an overgrown space capsule
with a really ineffective re-entry protection system.


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"The only thing that galls me about someone burning the American flag is how unoriginal it is. I mean if you're going to pull the Freedom-of-speech card, don't be a hack, come up with something interesting. Fashion Old Glory into a wisecracking puppet and blister the system with a scathing ventriloquism act, or better yet, drape the flag over your head and desecrate it with a large caliber bullet hole." Dennis Miller