Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Space Station Tour

Bad Astronomy wrote Video Tour of the International Space Station "Space Station tour: Commander Sunita Williams shows you her orbiting home"



He wrote: "When I clicked this, I figured I’d watch for a minute or two … and found myself watching the whole thing, because it was simply fascinating." and that was absolutely true for me too.

Some things I learned:

The exercise bike isn't firmly attached to the wall to prevent forces from being exerted on the structure of the station.

There's marshmallow fluff on the ISS.

Spacesuits weigh about 300 lbs.

There's a wide variety of toilet paper.

Everything looks like a mess (but probably is very well organized).

The seats in a Soyuz capsule are hand molded to each individual.

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