I think the Japanese lab is going up later this spring. This lab was European in nature, and was delayed for years due to contractor issues (they split the work up into multiple contracts, to keep everyone happy).
Fortunately for them, the delays did not affect the launch date much, as the repeated problems with the Shuttle systems caused the payload to be bumped for years. On Feb 20, 2008 10:53 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > With the ISS becoming more and more the "NASA doing everything SS" how can > > you not feel just a little national pride? > > > Really???? I have been getting the exact opposite feeling lately, actually. > Didn't they just attach a lab that was built in Japan? Wasn't their addition > just before that a Chinese built lab? Didn't they finally get a Russian > built section installed recently as well???? > > I know that NASA does a lot of the heavy lifting with their space shuttles, > but i think the ISS has become decidedly more "international" lately. > > I just wish that NASA got more respect here... it's a rotten shame to see > > some of the most important programs we have being scrapped due to > > short-sighted budget cuts. > > > Agreed. NASA is one of those agencies that I'm almost always in favor of > fully funding...no matter how crazy their ideas (yeah, I even love SETI). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254530 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
