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Geek Culture / Video Tour of the International Space Station

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soapyfish
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Posted: 25th Jan 2009 02:25 Edited at: 20th Jan 2013 03:43
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Crazy Ninja
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Wow, that's pretty cool. I've always been in awe of the ISS, one of the greatest things that's come around in recent years. It's not only an amazing piece of technology, but it's one of the few things that has united the earth together. Something interesting i noticed was that while the space station would be fairly large if you compared it to a building on earth, the amount of usable space multiplies since there's no gravity and you can store stuff on the ceiling and sides as well. It'd be awesome to get like a five screen display set-up and just be able to float in the middle of the room controlling it all. I can't wait until space travel becomes more readily available to the public. Hopefully, it'll be in my lifetime...
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Satchmo
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Lol, you can hear the congestion in the guys head from the lack of gravity.

Very good video though, I love the computer setup they run, laptops on every wall and in every direction, ahh what a dream.

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Mr Z
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Omg! I want a space ship! And have their view!

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soapyfish
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Posted: 27th Jan 2009 11:25 Edited at: 27th Jan 2009 11:29
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For those who are interested, here's a photograph of a Space Shuttle Cockpit. I'm not sure which shuttle it is. All the tech looks a bit out-dated but I suppose once you know something works in space you want to keep using it for as long as possible before replacing it with something that may not be as reliable.

I'll just stick a link in as it's quite a large image and would stretch the page::
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/STSCPanel.jpg
Am I right in thinking those are hexadecimal keypads?


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bitJericho
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My god >.<

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Agent Dink
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Posted: 27th Jan 2009 19:56 Edited at: 27th Jan 2009 19:57
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That's so pimp. Lol. That just looks so cool with the planet in view and all. Almost like a screenshot from the next big space sim, only real! And with low tech computers and controls!

EDIT: I was told once that a space shuttle only uses a 486 (equivalent?) CPU to control all its systems. I wonder if that's true.

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