Thursday, October 13, 2005

Russia Runs the ISS and Nothing Bad Happens

While everyone on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. was acting like they had no idea a hurricane was coming, NASA made plans with Russia for them to helm the International Space Station in case Johnson Space Center took a direct hit.
Not that anyone was scared they couldn't handle it, but there was some trepidation on the part of those of us who remember Mir...falling apart around the astronauts.
As it turned out, everything was fine.
Hard to believe it's been five years of permanent human presence in orbit. Quite an accomplishment.

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