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Can anyone shed some light on the current status of ISS (as in what has been constructed)?
I am also wondering the number, and make-up (as in what modules) of additional ISS components need to be added for US 'Core complete'.
And lastly, how many Shuttle flights will it take to finish the US commitment to ISS?
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i read somewhere there were 24 or 25 shuttle launches to do before retirement. That's quite a lot...
ah yes:
[http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/c … 264wna.xml]here... posted this in the CEV thread too...
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quick sum: four launches: i european columus module, 3 for the japanese: module, centrifuge and 'outboard' pallet, photovoltaic truss errr... another 3(?)
and then the solar arrays, some cargo missions (can't they use the ESA ATV for that...) errrr... 24? Huh?
I used to know all this stuff by heart, but NASA kept changing their plans, and i don't know if there is still a 'timeline' on their site, since columbia...
(*scrambles off to nasa.gov*)
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Read it and weep... or smile, i dunno...
[http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/future/index.html]Timeline
25 Orbiter flights listed....
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