re: 2016?
I don't recall now, but I hope I am wrong about this and that the ISS
finds some real use soon, including being around for the manned return
to Luna and the return of surface samples from Mars.
BTW, for those who say that large, pure crystals can only be manufactured
in the microgravity environment of space better pay attention to what Dutch
and Japanese researchers have invented:
http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=APPLAB000090000026264105000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=Yes
See also Nature, 9 August, 658-659