Comments on: Additional Lab to be Added to ISS

By: ILOVETHESTAR

ILOVETHESTAR — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:50:59 +0000

Mr. Man- I'd love to be in the French Provincial
with all the amenities for a few months to really chill out. Kicking the 'space crew' with all their formalitys out of the mansion will be better to chill out. I will invite the 'space crew' in once a month for a day, they will be required to wear formal wear lol

By: Mr. Man

Mr. Man — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:33:31 +0000

@ILOVETHESTAR
I think being in space alone, complete with riding in a spaceship and chilling on a spacestaion with astronaughts would be enough for any prospective tourist.

Oh also, how often do you get to expirience 0g.

By: Vanamonde

Vanamonde — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:41:14 +0000

Nice. there never is enough closet space!

By: Aqua

Aqua — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:06:14 +0000

Just back in from the front yard where we saw the ISS with the shuttle attached 'fly' over… NICE! It was at magnitude -2.5 here! And tomorrow night it will be at mag. -3.5! (75 miles north of San Francisco, 5 miles inland)

http://spaceweather.com/flybys/?PHPSESSID=igqiikhsdmp9ie33mles8ai0f1

By: Aqua

Aqua — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:57:31 +0000

I'm liking that idea… I also like the idea of not de-orbiting the Jules Verne and recycling that, but did anyone listen? No…… dzzzzzzz.

I say, connect the (any surplus) cargo modules and the ESA orbital x-fer modules into a useful space habitat/station, then transfer the stack to lunar orbit for manned missions…

By: ILOVETHESTAR

ILOVETHESTAR — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:33:01 +0000

Should be 2265 cubic meters of total space, still, a relatively fair size home.

By: ILOVETHESTAR

ILOVETHESTAR — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:30:52 +0000

Torbjorn Larsson-good grief, why don't you use some class, how about a metallic 2 story
French Provincial, 16 windows, with 4000Sq feet (sq meters) of floor space and 80k cubic feet( cu. meters) of total space attached to one end of the garbage can cylinders and will include a butler and maid and serve real gourmet food like cavier, crown roast of lamb,etc. , The price of $20M (14M EurEuro), tourist should expect the best!!!!! I'd expect people will get tired of being in a 'can' with no windows and lousy food!!!!!

By: Torbjorn Larsson OM

Torbjorn Larsson OM — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:21:23 +0000

You know, I'm starting to like those tin cans.

Btw, if ISS geometry and power requirements aren't as fixed as I thought, perhaps they can add a Bigelow unit as a test later? That would lead into the already ongoing parallel tourist business side…