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Happy New Year From The International Space Station
International space Station with Endeavor attached.
Here’s a New Year’s Gift for you ~ a zero G guided tour of the International Space Station by Space Station Commander Sunita Williams. The space station is a living example of International cooperation which has yet to be achieved on planet Earth ~ where America is still engaged in the longest war in US history in Afghanistan ~ but the human spirit cannot be quenched
by Allen L Roland
This is one cool and informative video !
In her final days as Commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams of NASA recorded an extensive tour of the orbital laboratory and downlinked the video on November 18,2012.
The tour includes scenes of each of the station’s modules and research facilities with a running and charming narrative by Williams of the work that has taken place and which is still ongoing aboard the orbital outpost.
Just hours later she, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency departed in their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft for a landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Here’s the 25 minute must see Video:
Meanwhile, The United States is still engaged in the longest war in US history in Afghanistan ~ which is, in reality, all about full spectrum dominance. Current count Americans killed in action in Afghanistan 2170, Total Wounded (to 9/30/12) 17,674.
Here’s a 14 minute Real News recent interview with William Engdahl, economist and author, that spells out the still ongoing main points:
- There is no conceivable threat in Afghanistan to any interest of the US.
- The US objective in Afghanistan is a permanent military presence in western Asia much like the US has in Japan and Korea.
- ”Taliban” means ANYONE in Afghanistan who wants foreign occupiers out.
- It’s still all part of an ongoing megalomanic and self-defeating maniacal agenda
Happy New Year and good luck, fellow earthlings ~ we’re going to need it until we learn to cooperate with one another .
However, the human spirit cannot be quenched ~ and music may just be the bridge.
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” Albert Einstein
About the Author: Allen L Roland is a Freelance Alternative Press Online columnist. He is also a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his web site at AllenRoland.com. He also guest hosts a Truthtalk, a national radio show that airs monthly. He is available for comments, interviews, speaking engagements and private consultations via email at allen@allenroland.com.
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From most recent Scientific American ~ “A space mission that isolates people away from Earth for extremely long periods ~ for instance, a Mars colony or a multigenerational voyage to a nearby star ~ will inevitably lead to the evolution of new cultural and physiological traits.
Long-distance spaceships will be home to unique environmental hazards such as increased radiation and lower ambient pressures. These influences will most severely affect the most fragile stages of life ~ in the womb and just after birth.
Mission planners will have to carefully select the “crew” of space travelers. Their goal: a genetically healthy population, but one diverse enough to withstand the occasional pandemic and thrive in profoundly new environments.”
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-humans-will-evolve-multi-generational-space-exploration-missions
Yes Allan very cool report, thank you for that.
The so called international space station. Has cost all of mankind BILLIONS AND BILLIONS IN DOLLARS.
“Asking the International Space Station to justify its existence is a tall order. NASA estimates the station has cost U.S. taxpayers $50 billion since 1994 — and overall, its price tag has been pegged at $100 billion by all member nations.”
That’s a lotta cake that could have fed a lotta people.
To what avail? The “space station” has in its tenure accomplished absolutely NOTHING !!!!!
No discoveries, no cures, no insight as to where, when, how, or why we are here or where we are going.
“While the space station has taught NASA and its partners much about the science and engineering of keeping people alive in space, critics charge that the outpost hasn’t led to enough advancements (zero advancements) in basic science — including biology, chemistry and physics — that could affect life back on the ground.”
That’s a very expensive workout room with a science lab attached.
Makes more sense to colonize the moon.
Greenrecovery ~ There is alot of valuable information coming from the experiments on the ISS. The ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which crew members conduct experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology and other fields.The station is also suited for the testing of spacecraft systems and equipment required for future missions to the Moon and Mars.
Maybe so Allen. However is it worth 100 billion.??
Everything that is on that station and the effects can be mimicked here on earth.
Just seems like so many suffer and then some get to live a rich life and go to play in space.
Not envy but a desire to see others have a enjoyable life instead of struggling all the time.
Because of the uneven scale of life.
plus thats kinda funny “to the moon and mars”
Well we messed up this place (EARTH) time to split, to the moon James, no make it mars, lets see what we can mess up there, maybe test some new bombs, chemicals, maybe we can find some even deadier stuff, that we can bring back to earth and really finish her off.
TIME AND MONEY NOT WELL SPENT IS TIME AND MONEY WASTED.
In essence, it always seems to come back to this profoiund quote from T.S. Eliot ~ ” We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time ”
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.Excellent point Allen “the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started”
Not to many “explorers” explore wench they have already explored.
Take the time here on earth to nurture human coexistence in a meaningfull way first. Then you can go explore. All that time and efforts wasted, when “IT” will come to you naturaly if it is let be..
best wishes mr roland, that place up there seems perfect to send israel to
Israel is a severely wounded state right now ~ and all from Netanyahu’s self inflicted multiple defeats ~ Read latest from Alon Ben-meir ~ Israel Times
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a2e336c40140a3ad66435cef8&id=52b22cce8b&e=e7b671ca49
Allen Roland is a hell of a good guy, one who see the real and present danger of mans “EGO”
This statement alone stands as a real challenge to all so called men/woman who think that they and their projects are special.
“mankind must begin to shed our skin of ego consciousness and get ever closer to our innate evolutionary urge to connect and cooperate with one another.”
This (above) is an intelligent and pertinent statement, that you will not hear from any leader on this rock, earth.
Thanks Allen for being who you are. Very refreshing.
Thank you for the Space Station video, Allen.
New Year’s greetings and best wishes it be your best year ever.
(Come to think of it, for all people of good will!)
Allen, What a nice surprise. I have to say I have never seen anything of the space station like this and just a few minute highlight tour would really not be enough.
Most interesting was how they did not connect the exercise equipment to the structure as it would ‘flex’ the craft and create problems. I guess any kind of stress and fatigue is something they would be really concerned about as remodeling who be very expensive….kind of like a house where at some point it is just better to through the old away and start with all new. But I imagine that is all planned to be done modularly.
Thanks for the little, but big, getaway
Here’s an added gift, Jim ~ and a real dilemma for future space trips to Mars and beyond ~ what hapens if Hal ( online master computer ) won’t open the Pod Bay door ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkyUMmNl4hk