Mon Dec 28, 2015, 07:23 PM
WOW. Photo of an astronaut shows how big the International Space Station is
Do you see him? 
Does this help? 
via: http://petapixel.com/2015/12/22/this-photo-of-an-astronaut-shows-how-big-the-iss-is/ The space station is as big as a football field. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/onthestation/facts_and_figures.html 
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Author | Time | Post |
 WOW. Photo of an astronaut shows how big the International Space Station is (Original post) |
progressoid | Dec 2015 | OP |
| randys1 | Dec 2015 | #1 | |
| BlueJazz | Dec 2015 | #4 | |
| procon | Dec 2015 | #2 | |
| livetohike | Dec 2015 | #3 | |
| LittleGirl | Dec 2015 | #5 | |
| SheilaT | Dec 2015 | #6 | |
| blackspade | Dec 2015 | #7 | |
| Hotler | Dec 2015 | #8 | |
| progressoid | Dec 2015 | #12 | |
| Hotler | Dec 2015 | #13 | |
| FailureToCommunicate | Dec 2015 | #15 | |
| nyabingi | Dec 2015 | #9 | |
| friendly_iconoclast | Dec 2015 | #17 | |
| nyabingi | Dec 2015 | #18 | |
| SoapBox | Dec 2015 | #10 | |
| Hiraeth | Dec 2015 | #11 | |
| FailureToCommunicate | Dec 2015 | #14 | |
| yuiyoshida | Dec 2015 | #16 | |
| LongTomH | Dec 2015 | #22 | |
| DavidDvorkin | Dec 2015 | #19 | |
| FourScore | Dec 2015 | #20 | |
| beam me up scottie | Dec 2015 | #21 |
Response to randys1 (Reply #1)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 08:22 PM
4. I love it when somebody says: "If we used that money to fight crime, the world would be safe"
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Response to progressoid (Original post)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 07:58 PM
livetohike (20,955 posts)
3. Wow! This is amazing. Thanks for posting this.
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Response to progressoid (Original post)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 08:30 PM
LittleGirl (7,227 posts)
5. holy shit
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that's huge! I had no idea it was that big. wow!
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Response to progressoid (Original post)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 08:57 PM
Hotler (9,352 posts)
8. "Open pod bay doors HAL."
Response to Hotler (Reply #8)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 09:25 PM
12. That was on TV Saturday!
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You might already know this, but it's news to me. Arthur C. Clarke went to a Bell Labs demonstration in 1962 or 1963 featuring an IBM 704 singing the song "Daisy" (or, more properly, "Daisy Bell"  and it made a huge impression. This was also the first real-life example of a singing computer.
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5958658/why-does-hal-sing-daisy-in-2001-a-space-odyssey |
Response to progressoid (Reply #12)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 09:30 PM
Hotler (9,352 posts)
13. I did not know that, Thanks for sharing... n/t
Response to Hotler (Reply #8)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 09:46 PM
FailureToCommunicate (13,089 posts)
15. I sat next to Keir Dullea recently at a wedding. His eyes are still just as amazing as they looked
Response to nyabingi (Reply #9)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 10:13 PM
friendly_iconoclast (15,333 posts)
17. Yet if you see it from the ground, it goes from horizon to horizon in a minute or two
Response to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #17)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 11:31 PM
18. Sweet! Thanks for the links! (nt)
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 09:19 PM
11. the word ... awesome ... used correctly for once.
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 09:36 PM
FailureToCommunicate (13,089 posts)
14. The arrays may fill the field, but the human space, at midfield, still looks cramped...
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 09:55 PM
yuiyoshida (38,294 posts)
16. I wonder if some day that will be come this...
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Response to yuiyoshida (Reply #16)
Thu Dec 31, 2015, 05:26 PM
22. I hope so; but, I'm fearful that.......
...........we may become one of the 'One-Planet Graves' if the bean counters and the short-sighted have their way! |
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Mon Dec 28, 2015, 11:54 PM
DavidDvorkin (18,526 posts)
19. It's a great shame that it will be abandoned in a few years
Response to progressoid (Original post)
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 01:26 AM
21. Absolutely amazing, thank you progressoid.
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