ISS Construction Resumes

avtchillsboro writes "The NY Times has an article detailing new construction on the International Space Station (ISS) and the additions via coming Space Shuttle missions through 2010. From the article: 'For more than three years, the International Space Station has floated half-built above the Earth. Maintained by a skeleton crew, the station — an assemblage of modules and girders — has not come close to its stated goal of becoming a world-class research outpost. But now construction, which has hung in limbo since NASA's space shuttle fleet was grounded after the 2003 Columbia disaster, is scheduled to resume. The shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to lift off next Sunday carrying a bus-size segment of the station's backbone that includes a new set of solar-power arrays.'"

Awesome!

[nacturation]

I didn't know they were hiring! So where do I email my ISS construction résumé?
 

Snakes in the ISS

[CrazyJim1]

In space, no one can hear the rattlesnake.

Sorry - I had to....

[EchoBinary]

"..through 2010.." I hope HAL keeps the pod bay door open.

Moon base!

[BigZaphod]

Screw ISS. Let's bring on the moon base! Space stations have been done before, anyway. There's no need to build a giant floating structure - there's already one there! No need to bring food, either. The moon has all the cheese you can eat! (See: A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit)

Oh thank God! ....

[rune2]

For moment I thought they were talking about a new version of IIS! Noooo!

Re:ISS Recipe

[Anonymous Coward]

Public: "But what does the ISS actually do?"

NASA: "What ever do you mean?"

Public: "You know, what is its purpose?"

NASA: "Purpose? Oh, right. Ahem, well, me and my buddies get a nice salary, a steady job and we get to play with model rockets sometimes which is really cool...."

Public: "Huh?"

NASA: "Oh. Erm. Oh yes! Research. There's lots of research involved. Of the non-specific kind. Well, mainly about how to prevent space stations breaking apart whilst in orbit. You know - technical stuff. You wouldn't understand, but it's VERY IMPORTANT!"

Public: "Have some more of our cash"

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IBG

"fingerless campanologist"

[LMariachi]

Quasimodo wants to go on vacation, so he gets his clumsy brother to fill in for him at Notre Dame. The brother's first day up in the tower, he loses his footing and falls forward, smacking his forehead against the carillon as he falls to his death. Two priests gather around the fallen corpse; one says "This isn't Quasimodo at all! Who was this man?" Other priest says "I don't know... but his face sure rings a bell."

Re:"fingerless campanologist"

[EqualOrLesserValue]

A dead ringer for his brother?