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Space station to resemble earthbound labs

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Dave Dooling

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Oct 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/3/97
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Opportunities to conduct science experiments aboard the International
Space Station will be limited during its assembly period, but the wait
should be worth it, a top NASA scientist said Thursday.

"What we are about to build is a laboratory, a fully operational
platform that is going to let us do things we never thought of before at
scales we never considered before," said Dr. Ray Askew, space station
senior scientist at NASA Headquarters. He spoke recently at the AIAA
Defense and Space Programs and Conference.

The full story at

http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/msad26sep97_1.htm
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William R. Penrose

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Oct 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/7/97
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In article <3434C1...@advicom.net> Dave Dooling <dee...@advicom.net> writes:

>Opportunities to conduct science experiments aboard the International
>Space Station will be limited during its assembly period, but the wait
>should be worth it, a top NASA scientist said Thursday.

>"What we are about to build is a laboratory, a fully operational
>platform that is going to let us do things we never thought of before at
>scales we never considered before," said Dr. Ray Askew,

I'm sorry, but I have gotten the distinct impression that the space station is
being built as a gift to the California economy, without the faintest notion
of what experiments are worth doing or whether they are worth doing.

Now that they now how a lighted match will burn in space, how about looking to
see if fish swim upside down in a weightless aquarium? That sounds like a
worthwhile $200 million experiment to me.

Bill

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