Talk:International Space Station/Archive 2

message: Does anyone have suitable knowledge and/or access to information to make a List of unmanned spaceflights to the ISS? I think it's rather a good idea to make one. Ropers 18:26, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added such a list. It mostly consists of Progress cargo flights. Rusty 16:10, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of unmanned spaceflights to the ISS 

message: This article has improved from head-to-toe since I last saw it. Is it ready to be nominated for a feature article? Astudent 13:20, 2004 Sep 21 (UTC)
*Um... I don't think so yet... "ISS Spacewalks", "Visiting manned spacecraft and crews" and "Visiting unmanned spacecraft" needs a summary first. --Andylkl 15:28, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Ready to be nominated for feature article?

message: How come we never seem to see the space station on TV or hear about it on the radio or read about it in the papers?  Most of the worlds biggest economies are pumping $100 billion into this project and you would think that the goings on up there would be mentioned in the popular mainstream media.
It's as though the thing were a secret.
Holden 27
*OK, two guys spinning about the Earth once every 90 minutes.  Very newsworthy.  Especially considering that all they seem to do up there is take up space.  A 2-man ISS is worthless scientifically and practically.  The only point in having them up there has been to maintain "a continuous presence" in space.  Consequently, you're lucky if the major media outlets report the crew changes and major crises abord the station.  And some of them do.  I don't see where you're coming from. --Alexwcovington 10:42, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Well if you have Dish Network or DirecTV (I don't know about Bell ExpressVu) you can watch NASA TV and they have ISS Mission coverage everyday and most of the time the astornauts scheduals seem quite full and busy. As busy as a 2 person crew can get. But I do think that they should increase the crew to 3 as soon as the space shuttle program is running again. Anyway with news stations focused on more "exciting" issuses like scandals, wars, to anything else they think will grab there attention (basically anything with shock value). People don't seem to be that interested in the ISS when the news comes in with there shock stories, scandals, and there ocassional human interest story(aka Pre-recorded time filler). --Silver86 01:48, 30 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: You can also watch NASA TV online 35.11.183.95 02:03, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ISS Secret? 

message: It seems like this section doesn't cover the purpose of the ISS as much as a discussion regarding cost/benefit. Isn't the actual purpose to carry out scientific research in many areas, and to prepare for future missions into deep space? And shouldn't things like that go in the section about the purpose, and cost/benefit into another section?
:It also might be nice to reference the science that has already been done.  There is a lot of data at http://www.scipoc.msfc.nasa.gov/factchron2.html - it'd be interesting to know how the experiements turned out, what we've learned, etc  --noösfractal 21:25, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Today the artical has no 'purpose' section and I find that lacking as I read the artical and wonder what are the goals of the ISS?  It seems the article is incomplete without the purpose of having ISS. WilliamKF 04:07, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Two words: Space Gold. --NEMT 23:31, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Purpose of the ISS 

message: I think a more in-depth mention should be made to the X-38 Crew Return Vehicle, the emergency lifeboat cancelled under false claims of budget over-runs by the Bush administration in 2001/2002 that would have allowed the ISS to have its originally planned 7 person crew and thus actually get some scientific work done as opposed to the current 2/3 person crew who spend the bulk of their time simply keeping it operational and are SOOL if there is an emergency and they need to leave in a Soyuz. – LamontCranston 05:49, 21 Aug 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  X-38 Crew Return Vehicle 

message: The article says that Goldin was "stunned" when the first ISS crew requested the call sign "Alpha", but does not explain why. What is so stunning about the request? Why did the crew request the call sign? Could someone please elaborate on this? Thanks Jimaginator 11:56, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Radio Call Sign Alpha Reason