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#1 2004-01-26 11:59:13

clark
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Re: ISS complete? - When?

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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#2 2004-01-26 12:19:25

Rxke
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Re: ISS complete? - When?

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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#3 2004-01-26 12:26:29

Rxke
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Re: ISS complete? - When?

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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#4 2004-01-26 12:33:02

Rxke
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Re: ISS complete? - When?

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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