Great post!!!

I thought that the ISS was only supposed to last another year or so anyway since the shuttle fleet is going away.

The ISS is the biggest waste of $$$ that I've ever seen, just about as bad as the shuttle program at $400 million or more a launch!! I'll bet NASA thru a big expensive party to celebrate it though.

What a crock of s**t!!!

Stop launching the damn shuttles and missions to Mars and the ISS and fix this crumbling economy.

Some interesting facts about the station!

two spiders were brought up to see how they spin webs without gravity(badly) one got lost and is still up there somewhere in the station. (that would freak me out)

The toilet broke down for a month!

It has three redundant computer control guidance and attitude control systems, all of which broke down after installing a new piece of the station, luckily ATLANTIS was there to steer it!

Utter waste of money imo.

When are people going to get their priorities right?

Moonbases and missions to mars are another waste of tax payers money.

Why can't they sort things out here before running away and forgeting the mess they're making of this little jewel.

Sci-fi has a lot to answer for and the cost of these experiments and voyages is an insult considering how the money could be better spent in our own back yards and pools and considering the benefits they have brought which are miniscule when applied to a global population.

You pay, they play.
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