ISS; Why do we never hear about any of the experiments they do up there?

It is suppose to be a "World Class Laboratory", so how come we never hear or
see the results of any of the many experiments they are doing up there. Yes,
I know they are short on help but surely something must be getting done.

Gary Helfert wrote:
how come we never hear or see the results of any of the many experiments
they are doing up there.

The question is, "why haven't I heard anything" and the answer is,
"because whatever news media you happen to listen to isn't reporting
it."

Note that if you only watch ESPN, you might ask, "why haven't I heard
anything about Hurricane Katrina?" The answer would be the same:
because ESPN doesn't care to report about hurricane katrina.

If you want to know what experiments are being done on the ISS, you
might try (gasp) looking on NASA's website. Here is a list of
experiments that the current crew is performing:

advanced diagnostic ultrasound
biopsy of human skeletal muscle after prolonged spaceflight
chromosomal aberrations in blood lymphocytes
dust aerosol measurement
spaceflight induced reactivation of Epstein-barr virus
etc. etc.

The thing is, if you ever need to get an ultrasound, I doubt that the
doctor is going to take the time to tell you that the equipment was
developed or improved on the space station. The benefits of the
research they do up there make it into our lives decades later, and we
never really notice. Oh well.

Gary Helfert wrote:
It is suppose to be a "World Class Laboratory", so how come we never hear or
see the results of any of the many experiments they are doing up there. Yes,
I know they are short on help but surely something must be getting done.


Because space is no longer stylish among journalists. Google shows
millions of hits with "international space station experiment". About a
third of the first 20 were descriptions of experiments; many more looked
interesting.

http://www.scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov/ appears to give a daily summary of what
goes on on the ISS; today's entry is a description of a kidney stone
experiment, which should be relevant enough for real-world ideologs :-).

John Perry

The question is, "why haven't I heard anything" and the answer is,
"because whatever news media you happen to listen to isn't reporting
it."

The question is why dose NASA not try to promote what experiments they
doing more.

Of course maybe there trying and nobody is listening.