3 Big Discoveries Made by the International Space Station
We all know it's awesome, and we could watch Chris Hadfield sing all day, but do you know about the awesome science that's being done on the International ...
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With an estimated pricetag between $140 and $160 billion the 15 year-old International Space Station is without a doubt the MOST expensive thing ever built. Measuring 108x72 meters larger than an American football field, it is also easily the largest artificial satellite, having taken 16 nations more than 13 years to build. And while we get a lot of so-called "news" from the ISS like about mission scientists playing Angry Birds in low gravity or playing David Bowie covers, we don't hear a whole lot about the terrific science that's being done up there. Well that changes today : here are just 3 of the many discoveries made aboard the ISS that YOU should know about. (intro song) One of the most recent and maybe most important discoveries came in April 2013 when scientist...
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With an estimated pricetag between $140 and $160 billion the 15 year-old International Space Station is without a doubt the MOST expensive thing ever built. Measuring 108x72 meters larger than an American football field, it is also easily the largest artificial satellite, having taken 16 nations more than 13 years to build. And while we get a lot of so-called "news" from the ISS like about mission scientists playing Angry Birds in low gravity or playing David Bowie covers, we don't hear a whole lot about the terrific science that's being done up there. Well that changes today : here are just 3 of the many discoveries made aboard the ISS that YOU should know about. (intro song) One of the most recent and maybe most important discoveries came in April 2013 when scientist...
