v43 Quote Poll: TECH_MODULAR_ORBITAL_CONSTRUCTION

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And two quotes to start this one.
Pick or submit your favorite!

TECH_MODULAR_ORBITAL_CONSTRUCTION
Quote #1:
I think the International Space Station is providing a key bridge from us living on Earth to going somewhere into deep space.
-Peggy Whitson

Quote #2:
Sometimes you have to go up really high to see how small you are.
-Felix Baumgartner

 

[pi4t]

Not a fan of either of those. Neither are about building stuff in space.

 

[tmv]

Not a fan of either of those. Neither are about building stuff in space.

#2 ist not, correct. But the ISS is certainly something built in space.

 

[ranagrande]

A very late entry:

"The first space company to figure that out will lead an emerging field of space-based industry, where satellites, spacecraft, and even entire space stations are constructed on-site in orbit, with no need to withstand Earth's gravitational forces -- much less the multi-G super-stress of a rocket launch."
- Rich Smith

 

[pi4t]

#2 ist not, correct. But the ISS is certainly something built in space.

It's an object that's in space. But it's not about building things while in space, which is what the tech sounds like it's about?

 

[tmv]

It's an object that's in space. But it's not about building things while in space, which is what the tech sounds like it's about?

The ISS was built in space. It's not as if it was built completely on Earth and then launched.