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Greg · 12-22-2007, 09:19 PM

Aha! All it took was a web search to find http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAAYI0VMOC_iss_0.html

Columbus module attached to the International Space Station

It looks like it will have standard racks just like the US lab and a coupleof little brackets outside that have attachment points for four exposed payloads. The description of what they can do is very general, and there's no discussion of experiments that are actually planned for Columbus. Someone in Europe might still be sorting out applicants who want to use the lab, or maybe they have stuff planned but it's a secret.

There's a really cool toy on http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAI2X0VMOC_iss_0.html that shows where the space station is at this very moment, but it's just a small window on http://www.n2yo.com/ which lets you play with lots of satellites.

12-22-2007, 09:19 PM	#16
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Aha! All it took was a web search to find http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAAYI0VMOC_iss_0.html Columbus module attached to the International Space Station It looks like it will have standard racks just like the US lab and a coupleof little brackets outside that have attachment points for four exposed payloads. The description of what they can do is very general, and there's no discussion of experiments that are actually planned for Columbus. Someone in Europe might still be sorting out applicants who want to use the lab, or maybe they have stuff planned but it's a secret. There's a really cool toy on http://www.esa.int/esaHS/ESAI2X0VMOC_iss_0.html that shows where the space station is at this very moment, but it's just a small window on http://www.n2yo.com/ which lets you play with lots of satellites. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?