WOW. Photo of an astronaut shows how big the International Space Station is

[progressoid]

Do you see him?






Does this help?



via: http://petapixel.com/2015/12/22/this-photo-of-an-astronaut-shows-how-big-the-iss-is/



The space station is as big as a football field.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/onthestation/facts_and_figures.html

[randys1]

1. Big, gigantic waste of money.

Between this and researching the cure to diseases using SCIENCY crap, I am sick of my tax dohlars being wasted on such nonsense.

Now if you wanna build a mega church, I am all for it.


























sarcasm

[BlueJazz]

4. I love it when somebody says: "If we used that money to fight crime, the world would be safe"

[procon]

2. Thanks for showing this.

I had know idea the station was that large, but the visual comparisons are really dramatic.

[livetohike]

3. Wow! This is amazing. Thanks for posting this.

[LittleGirl]

5. holy shit

that's huge! I had no idea it was that big. wow!

[SheilaT]

6. Hey, thanks. I had NO idea.

[blackspade]

7. Incredible.

This is definitely one the things we should be spending money on rather than war.

[Hotler]

8. "Open pod bay doors HAL."

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

[progressoid]

12. That was on TV Saturday!

You might already know this, but it's news to me. Arthur C. Clarke went to a Bell Labs demonstration in 1962 or 1963 featuring an IBM 704 singing the song "Daisy" (or, more properly, "Daisy Bell&quot and it made a huge impression. This was also the first real-life example of a singing computer.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5958658/why-does-hal-sing-daisy-in-2001-a-space-odyssey

[Hotler]

13. I did not know that, Thanks for sharing... n/t

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. I sat next to Keir Dullea recently at a wedding. His eyes are still just as amazing as they looked

in "2001"

[nyabingi]

9. What's even wilder is

the fact that this huge object is flying around the Earth up there at more than 17,000 miles per hour.

Every image you see of it makes it appear to be standing still, but it ain't lol!

[friendly_iconoclast]

17. Yet if you see it from the ground, it goes from horizon to horizon in a minute or two

Fortunately, there are ways to find out when it'll be above your area:

http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/

http://www.heavens-above.com/

http://www.isstracker.com/

[nyabingi]

18. Sweet! Thanks for the links! (nt)

[SoapBox]

10. ...wow.

[Hiraeth]

11. the word ... awesome ... used correctly for once.

[FailureToCommunicate]

14. The arrays may fill the field, but the human space, at midfield, still looks cramped...

Thanks for the amazing insight to what's going on up there.

(Though I can't help but think of the Somali mother trying to boil safe water for her child over a smokey fire who also looks up and wonders...)

[yuiyoshida]

16. I wonder if some day that will be come this...

[LongTomH]

22. I hope so; but, I'm fearful that.......

...........we may become one of the 'One-Planet Graves' if the bean counters and the short-sighted have their way!

[DavidDvorkin]

19. It's a great shame that it will be abandoned in a few years

Instead of being used as the foundation for something bigger and better.

[FourScore]

20. And then there's this:

[beam me up scottie]

21. Absolutely amazing, thank you progressoid.