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bananas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:28 PM
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NASA marks 10 yrs at ISS
Edited on Tue Nov-02-10 04:39 PM by bananas
Source: AP

NASA celebrated 10 years of continuous human presence
at the International Space Station on Tuesday while
readying shuttle Discovery for one last trip into orbit .

Lift- off is set for Wednesday afternoon .

Discovery is bound for the space station , currently home
to six US astronauts and Russian cosmonauts who fielded
calls of congratulations on this special anniversary .

" You all are incredible ambassadors , " NASA Administrator
Charles Bolden Jr said in a broadcast hookup from
Kennedy Space Center. " What you do is actually a
modern - day Star Trek . "


Read more: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/mobile/technology/8117422/nasa-marks-10-yrs-at-iss
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 04:45 PM
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1. Happy Anniversary ISS.
:party: :toast:

Thanks for the thread, bananas.:thumbsup:
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 05:01 PM
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2. Big white elephant, wasting money and resources that could be going to getting to Mars.
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-10 05:09 PM
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3. I've always believed you had to learn how to walk before you could run.
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