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The current station isn't good for doing such things.

Lee — 8/21/2005 7:40:25 PM (archived)

But the current "station" isn't what was originally planned.

http://www.astronautix.com/graphics/s/ss86psf1.jpg

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Shuttle Grounded Until March 2006 At Earliest - phil - 8/19/2005 3:37:22 PM
- We should have routine space travel in TWENY years - ljk - 8/19/2005 4:03:53 PM
  - re: We should have routine space travel in TWENY years - phil - 8/20/2005 1:55:59 AM
    - ISS wouldn't be such a bad idea if it were in a more useful orbit. - Lee - 8/20/2005 3:22:36 AM
      - ISS as a space dry dock? - LJK - 8/21/2005 4:18:56 PM
        
        re: ISS as a space dry dock? - Doug Ellison - 8/22/2005 2:47:47 PM
        
        The current station isn't good for doing such things. - Lee - 8/21/2005 7:40:25 PM
        
        re: ISS as a space dry dock? - phil - 8/21/2005 4:28:16 PM
        
        Mir to Mars! - LJK - 8/21/2005 4:32:40 PM
  - re: CXV - Peter Bruener - 8/19/2005 7:58:41 PM

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