Space Forum / Space Station / March 2008

Is the space station a financial obligation that NASA congress desires to
get rid of for future & with hope pointing to projects they may or may not
finance?  I don't see anyone willing to pickup the ball on this.  The space
station modules were designed with the shuttle in mind ...

Flames coming out the rear?

Always thought HTV was vapourware. But Bill Gerstermier (sp?) during a
press conference said that HTV was scheduled to launch in July 2009.
Not sure if this is an announcement similar to ATV supposed to launch in
the fall of 2003. (or whenever it was originally supposed to launch).

I have a couple of question that I hope you can answer. I was googling
around earlier but found no official papers about them...
Anyway I'd like to know:
- how do the astronauts clean their clothes? they spend about 3-6

For those asking, I distinctly heard Peggy say that a certain bag contained
her clothes and  the ground told here how to label it, so obviously, valued
clothing items are returned intact, though no doubt soiled!
Brian

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The 181th launch of Arianne 5 spacecraft occured about an hour ago. It
succesfully put into orbit the Jules Verne ATV.
(the 181 number was mentioned by a commentator on the ESA TV live feed).
It was mentioned that the plan was to have an ATV launch every 18 months.

Automated Transfer Vehicle "Jules Verne" Launch
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
3407&Itemid=2

They are now shipping the smaller Kibo logistocs module with a few racks
in it. It will be temporarily berthed to node2. Next flight brings up
the real Kibo module that is also to be attached to Node2, and then the
Kibo logistics will be moved to the real Kibo module.

I've seen great photos and lots of detail on the ISS, but where can I
get a basic diagram of what the modules are please?
John