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MikeH II posted 12-09-98 11:28 AM ET
I was just reading about the International Space Station and they have just attatched the second module, the Unity!
Perhaps the ISS Unity is the predecessor to the USS Unity.
CClark posted 12-09-98 12:30 PM ET
Ya gotta wonder if it's coincidence, or if Brian and Sid were doing their homework and knew that the joint spacestation was going ot be called Unity when they started the project.
jsorense posted 12-09-98 01:14 PM ET
MikeH & CClark,
Maybe the causal arrow is pointed in the other direction. NASA engineers must have played Civ II and read the SMAC background story and were inspired to name their first module after that ship.
Hee Hee.Hee, just joking.
MikeH II posted 12-09-98 03:54 PM ET
I like the idea that NASA scientists are SMAC fans, and why not, they are intelligent folks.
The Thomas A Stobie posted 12-09-98 04:16 PM ET
I wonder if the residents of the ISS will have SMAC up with them to pass their idle hours and allow them to relax.
MikeH II posted 12-09-98 04:24 PM ET
I hope not, they'd never get anything done. The first astronauts should enter the station this week. It will take 1,100 hours of spacewalks to fit together the 100 modules and the whole thing will cost about 60 billion. What an amazing bit of engineering.
The Thomas A Stobie posted 12-09-98 04:40 PM ET
The first residents are scheduled for sometime in the year 2000 I think.
DJ RRebel posted 12-09-98 05:10 PM ET
Only 60 Billion ???
DJ RRebel posted 12-09-98 05:11 PM ET
Is it only the 2nd part that is called the Unity, or is the whole station called the Unity ???
The Thomas A Stobie posted 12-09-98 05:16 PM ET
Only the second part. The whole thing has a defacto name of "International Space Station" or ISS for short. The involved parties have not been able to agree to any special name for the whole construct.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-09-98 05:19 PM ET
DJ, Only the second module is Unity. IIRC, the space station has no official name, but it's generally reffered to as the International Space Station. Due to the cut backs, & more efficient working methods, 60 billion is a good price.
You could of put them both in one post. No need to raise your post count like a newbie does!
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey posted 12-09-98 05:21 PM ET
Damn, TTAS beat me to it!
BTW, you might find this interesting, DJ. The large arm used to carry loads on the IIS(not yet though) is being bult in Canada, & is being called Canad-arm. And you guys call us over-nationalist
Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general,
YYYH
Antiam posted 12-09-98 06:05 PM ET
All of the arms on the shuttles are built in Canada too. The Unity module is basically just a big cylinder with wiring and airlocks for the later modules. Zarya (sp?), Russian for sunrise, the previous Russian piece, is a power generator as well as propulsion system, but will be replaced by a permanent structure. The nasa home page, www.nasa.gov, has tons of info.
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Author	Topic: Shock News! Unity in orbit already!!!
MikeH II	posted 12-09-98 11:28 AM ET I was just reading about the International Space Station and they have just attatched the second module, the Unity! Perhaps the ISS Unity is the predecessor to the USS Unity.
CClark	posted 12-09-98 12:30 PM ET Ya gotta wonder if it's coincidence, or if Brian and Sid were doing their homework and knew that the joint spacestation was going ot be called Unity when they started the project.
jsorense	posted 12-09-98 01:14 PM ET MikeH & CClark, Maybe the causal arrow is pointed in the other direction. NASA engineers must have played Civ II and read the SMAC background story and were inspired to name their first module after that ship. Hee Hee.Hee, just joking.
MikeH II	posted 12-09-98 03:54 PM ET I like the idea that NASA scientists are SMAC fans, and why not, they are intelligent folks.
The Thomas A Stobie	posted 12-09-98 04:16 PM ET I wonder if the residents of the ISS will have SMAC up with them to pass their idle hours and allow them to relax.
MikeH II	posted 12-09-98 04:24 PM ET I hope not, they'd never get anything done. The first astronauts should enter the station this week. It will take 1,100 hours of spacewalks to fit together the 100 modules and the whole thing will cost about 60 billion. What an amazing bit of engineering.
The Thomas A Stobie	posted 12-09-98 04:40 PM ET The first residents are scheduled for sometime in the year 2000 I think.
DJ RRebel	posted 12-09-98 05:10 PM ET Only 60 Billion ???
DJ RRebel	posted 12-09-98 05:11 PM ET Is it only the 2nd part that is called the Unity, or is the whole station called the Unity ???
The Thomas A Stobie	posted 12-09-98 05:16 PM ET Only the second part. The whole thing has a defacto name of "International Space Station" or ISS for short. The involved parties have not been able to agree to any special name for the whole construct.
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-09-98 05:19 PM ET DJ, Only the second module is Unity. IIRC, the space station has no official name, but it's generally reffered to as the International Space Station. Due to the cut backs, & more efficient working methods, 60 billion is a good price. You could of put them both in one post. No need to raise your post count like a newbie does! Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey	posted 12-09-98 05:21 PM ET Damn, TTAS beat me to it! BTW, you might find this interesting, DJ. The large arm used to carry loads on the IIS(not yet though) is being bult in Canada, & is being called Canad-arm. And you guys call us over-nationalist Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, YYYH
Antiam	posted 12-09-98 06:05 PM ET All of the arms on the shuttles are built in Canada too. The Unity module is basically just a big cylinder with wiring and airlocks for the later modules. Zarya (sp?), Russian for sunrise, the previous Russian piece, is a power generator as well as propulsion system, but will be replaced by a permanent structure. The nasa home page, www.nasa.gov, has tons of info. Antiam