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CNN ISS O'Brien report

Ok, saw the ISS show last night (twice with a re-run) and it was quite interesting.
It shows how fast things get to hang all over the place; walls and floors and roofs don't mean anything and as a result, it looks inevitably messy (like Mir was). The astronauts have puffed up faces, can't move fast, have to exercize a lot. None of those things are described in SF books, as they are not "glorious", but that's the way it is. Because of the nature of 3D storage and because of our inability to recognize 3D as well as 2D (spatial recognition), things get lost very fast. Imagine a Marsbound trip when suddenly, during a checklist, an important small device cannot be found anymore, then what?
One thing, however, that is far better than SF, is the view, the real view they have! Something they'll be missing too, on their way to Mars. If....

Raoul

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