"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote:
Systems that use liquids in 0g cannot really be tested on earth. They are
tested and debugged while in orbit. And as time goes on, they discover new
problems that crop up. That is what the space station is REALLY all about.
Not research on how to grow crystals, but how to make and maintain/fix systems
that are in long term use.

So in other words the purpose of living in space is to find out how to live
in space? A bit circular, wouldn't you say?

No, he's saying what I've been saying for a while. LEO is the best
place to develop and test systems for eventual Mars/Asteroid missions.

D.
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