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Would the ISS get more general population support if it didn't looklike a giant satellite?
For obvious reasons I can understand most of the ISS countries aren't
too concerned with aesthetics, but wouldn't it help the public image and legitimacy of it among non-space people if it didn't look like a bunch of pipes and solar panels? If it was a solid structure with the modules internal, and a big readable (at least from space) "International Space Station" on it, people would be more inclined to believe we're much more into space than it may seem (since it's mostly research stations for now, regular people won't give a ****). Cover it with a giant shell which is also covered in solar panels, and we'd have an awesome space station going. |
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Would the ISS get more general population support if it didn't look like a giant satellite?
(top posted) - Is it school holidays somewhere? This is the second message
from this person (the other in ss.shuttle) that just doesn't add up. "thepursuit" wrote in message ... For obvious reasons I can understand most of the ISS countries aren't too concerned with aesthetics, but wouldn't it help the public image and legitimacy of it among non-space people if it didn't look like a bunch of pipes and solar panels? If it was a solid structure with the modules internal, and a big readable (at least from space) "International Space Station" on it, people would be more inclined to believe we're much more into space than it may seem (since it's mostly research stations for now, regular people won't give a ****). Cover it with a giant shell which is also covered in solar panels, and we'd have an awesome space station going. |
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Would the ISS get more general population support if it didn'tlook like a giant satellite?
Merely posting a thought I had a few days ago, apologies if it doesn't
add up for you Alan Erskine wrote: (top posted) - Is it school holidays somewhere? This is the second message from this person (the other in ss.shuttle) that just doesn't add up. "thepursuit" wrote in message ... For obvious reasons I can understand most of the ISS countries aren't too concerned with aesthetics, but wouldn't it help the public image and legitimacy of it among non-space people if it didn't look like a bunch of pipes and solar panels? If it was a solid structure with the modules internal, and a big readable (at least from space) "International Space Station" on it, people would be more inclined to believe we're much more into space than it may seem (since it's mostly research stations for now, regular people won't give a ****). Cover it with a giant shell which is also covered in solar panels, and we'd have an awesome space station going. |
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Would the ISS get more general population support if it didn'tlook like a giant satellite?
In terms of the USA segment, the current design is actually fairly neat.
Nodes to which you can attach a number of tin cans. And the CBM design for how those tin cans dock to each other is far mroe advanced than previous designs, allowing for most connections to happen inside the pressurised space. The concept of the MPLM was brilliant for moving cargo to/from the station. The fact that the solar arrays are so big compared to the station is just an indication of the difficulties in building structures that can actually do stuff in space. You need a lot of solar arrays to power the station. While the truss segment is not "cosmetic", it has some neat concepts, such as rotating joints, and the mobile transporter than can move the arms around. And the space station arm itself is also a fairly sophisticated and very useful tool to work in space. And when the cupola is finally launched, the crews will finally have usable windows. (do they ever use the WORF anymore ?) I would think the biggest failure is the lack of windows on the USA segment. The russian segment has a number of windows, but they are small. When Bush decided to kill the shuttle, he should have ordered a few additional cupollas to be berthed in every free CBM hatch on the station. The station is a long way from the sleek ones portrayed in 2001 a space odyssey, or other science fiction series since then. We are still at our infancy with space structures, but what they developped for ISS could become quite useful for long trips to mars. And the experience gained from trying to operate the ISS will also teach us what works reliable, what doesn't and what can and cannot be fixed in space. And that is very important. |
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Would the ISS get more general population support if it didn't look like a giant satellite?
John Doe wrote:
I would think the biggest failure is the lack of windows on the USA segment. The russian segment has a number of windows, but they are small. Beyond something like the WORF, and few windows to observe work areas, window aren't really useful on a space station. The station is a long way from the sleek ones portrayed in 2001 a space odyssey, or other science fiction series since then. Mostly because the ISS has to work in the real world, while fictional stations don't. Comparing them is stupid. D. -- Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh. http://derekl1963.livejournal.com/ -Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings. Oct 5th, 2004 JDL |
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Would the ISS get more general population support if it didn't look like a giant satellite?
Alpha is an odd looking critter, and yeah I wish it looked like the 2001
Space Odyssey version. What I wonder about is the future of the thing ... no one seems to put a date on any retirement. I assume that it will be kept running indefinitely, or that is to say as long as the users have sufficient pull with various govt funding sources. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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Would the ISS get more general population support if it didn'tlook like a giant satellite?
On May 18, 5:11 pm, thepursuit wrote:
For obvious reasons I can understand most of the ISS countries aren't too concerned with aesthetics, but wouldn't it help the public image and legitimacy of it among non-space people if it didn't look like a bunch of pipes and solar panels? If it was a solid structure with the modules internal, and a big readable (at least from space) "International Space Station" on it, people would be more inclined to believe we're much more into space than it may seem (since it's mostly research stations for now, regular people won't give a ****). Cover it with a giant shell which is also covered in solar panels, and we'd have an awesome space station going. Seems to me that the ISS design is strictly utilitarian. There is not wieght allocation to make it "pretty" It wil lbe up the the commercial ventures like Bigelow to make their space hotels more visually appealing. There will be a whole new branch of architecture...space architecture. |
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Would the ISS get more general population support if it didn't look like a giant satellite?
WORF flies sometime later in 2009. There are multiple
experiments planned for its use when it is installed. The Lab window is used stand-alone in the meantime for both crew preference photography as well as science, as are the plethora of windows in the Russian segment... "John Doe" wrote in message ... And when the cupola is finally launched, the crews will finally have usable windows. (do they ever use the WORF anymore ?) |
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Would the ISS get more general population support if it didn'tlook like a giant satellite?
Rocket wrote:
WORF flies sometime later in 2009. Are there issues with using the window now ? Seems we don't see the crews using it anymore. Do they use it for the shuttle inspection pictures when the shuttle back flips ? Once they plug the window with the rack, will it become unusable by humans for sightseeing or taking pictures of the shuttle ? |
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