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From the mission summary, it sounds like they're just dropping a couple of tons of supplies off at the ISS and then bringing a bunch of stuff back. So... that begs the question, "What's the current mission of the ISS?"
Well... I looked up the mission summary for the ISS crew and it looks like the answer is... "Not much". Or at least not much that they felt like sharing in their mission summary.
All that said, the United States is spending tens or hundreds of billions of dollars to build and maintain the international space station... Are we getting our money's worth?
The real question is, whether the benefit of zero gravity justifies the enormous expense of the experiment that they're doing. How many breakthroughs have happened abort the ISS thus far?
The real question is, whether the benefit of zero gravity justifies the enormous expense of the experiment that they're doing. How many breakthroughs have happened abort the ISS thus far?
Googling would probably bring you some answers. Since zero gravity speeds up osteoporosis 5 times that of normal women on earth, what better environment to test it in for several months. That would otherwise be a lot of trips on the vommit rocket. Just sayin'.
Googling would probably bring you some answers. Since zero gravity speeds up osteoporosis 5 times that of normal women on earth, what better environment to test it in for several months. That would otherwise be a lot of trips on the vommit rocket. Just sayin'.
I know that bone loss is expedited in low gravity, however there are plenty of people with various stages of osteoporosis on the surface of the earth that can be studied. Yes, I did read the article you posted and I'm aware of the problem of bone loss in zero gravity.
Again, the question is whether the enormous expense of performing the research in orbit is justified. Perhaps one of the moons of Jupiter would be the ideal place to conduct cancer research, but does that justify building a research lab there?
What research breakthroughs can be credited to the international space station? Do they justify the cost?
I know that bone loss is expedited in low gravity, however there are plenty of people with various stages of osteoporosis on the surface of the earth that can be studied. Yes, I did read the article you posted and I'm aware of the problem of bone loss in zero gravity.
Again, the question is whether the enormous expense of performing the research in orbit is justified. Perhaps one of the moons of Jupiter would be the ideal place to conduct cancer research, but does that justify building a research lab there?
What research breakthroughs can be credited to the international space station? Do they justify the cost?
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