Hm. Some thoughts:
* Construction ought to run as planned through to 2010. Things can change quickly in the wave, but not for NASA.
* The last Shuttle flight (STS-133) puts the ISS in a precarious state even without TSAB's machinations. Without the Shuttle to resupply and provide an
orbital boost, the station's utility drops rather dramatically (see the period after STS-107). There might be room for one or two dramatic
"rescues" of the station from an ignominous Mir-style end by one group of fen or another. (My vote for this would be Rockhounds or the Blue Blazers,
if we want to go with big-name groups.)
* It occurs that in the Artemis period that some of the lessons learned from Stellvia's construction would work well with ISS. After all, the idea of using
Shuttle tanks as space station modules isn't that out there, and Artemis *did* inherit all of the old Shuttle hardware...
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* Construction ought to run as planned through to 2010. Things can change quickly in the wave, but not for NASA.
* The last Shuttle flight (STS-133) puts the ISS in a precarious state even without TSAB's machinations. Without the Shuttle to resupply and provide an
orbital boost, the station's utility drops rather dramatically (see the period after STS-107). There might be room for one or two dramatic
"rescues" of the station from an ignominous Mir-style end by one group of fen or another. (My vote for this would be Rockhounds or the Blue Blazers,
if we want to go with big-name groups.)
* It occurs that in the Artemis period that some of the lessons learned from Stellvia's construction would work well with ISS. After all, the idea of using
Shuttle tanks as space station modules isn't that out there, and Artemis *did* inherit all of the old Shuttle hardware...
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
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"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"