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nyabingi

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9. What's even wilder is

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 09:08 PM

Dec 2015

the fact that this huge object is flying around the Earth up there at more than 17,000 miles per hour.

Every image you see of it makes it appear to be standing still, but it ain't lol!

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WOW. Photo of an astronaut shows how big the International Space Station is [View all] progressoid Dec 2015 OP

Big, gigantic waste of money. randys1 Dec 2015 #1

I love it when somebody says: "If we used that money to fight crime, the world would be safe" BlueJazz Dec 2015 #4

Thanks for showing this. procon Dec 2015 #2

Wow! This is amazing. Thanks for posting this. livetohike Dec 2015 #3

holy shit LittleGirl Dec 2015 #5

Hey, thanks. I had NO idea. SheilaT Dec 2015 #6

Incredible. blackspade Dec 2015 #7

"Open pod bay doors HAL." Hotler Dec 2015 #8

That was on TV Saturday! progressoid Dec 2015 #12

I did not know that, Thanks for sharing... n/t Hotler Dec 2015 #13

I sat next to Keir Dullea recently at a wedding. His eyes are still just as amazing as they looked FailureToCommunicate Dec 2015 #15

What's even wilder is nyabingi Dec 2015 #9

Yet if you see it from the ground, it goes from horizon to horizon in a minute or two friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 #17

Sweet! Thanks for the links! (nt) nyabingi Dec 2015 #18

...wow. SoapBox Dec 2015 #10

the word ... awesome ... used correctly for once. Hiraeth Dec 2015 #11

The arrays may fill the field, but the human space, at midfield, still looks cramped... FailureToCommunicate Dec 2015 #14

I wonder if some day that will be come this... yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #16

I hope so; but, I'm fearful that....... LongTomH Dec 2015 #22

It's a great shame that it will be abandoned in a few years DavidDvorkin Dec 2015 #19

And then there's this: FourScore Dec 2015 #20

Absolutely amazing, thank you progressoid. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #21