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Shenzhou-18 crew records video showcasing life, work in space [video]

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I am surprised by how different it looks from the ISS. By comparison, the Chinese space station looks much cleaner, with a strong sense of up and down. When you look at the ISS, it is clear that it is out of this world, here, it looks like a research station that could have been on Earth.

Re: Shenzhou-18 crew records video showcasing life, work in space [video]

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post #6

I am surprised by how different it looks from the ISS. By comparison, the Chinese space station looks much cleaner, with a strong sense of up and down. When you look at the ISS, it is clear that it is out of this world, here, it looks like a research station that could have been on Earth.

Twenty years buys you a lot of fresh tech. I thought the bunks looked particularly space-y (versus the ISS soft pods).

I was hoping they would show their toilet!

Re: Shenzhou-18 crew records video showcasing life, work in space [video]

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post #6

I am surprised by how different it looks from the ISS. By comparison, the Chinese space station looks much cleaner, with a strong sense of up and down. When you look at the ISS, it is clear that it is out of this world, here, it looks like a research station that could have been on Earth.

> it looks like a research station that could have been on Earth.

It looks like a research station that was designed to be _maintained_ on Earth. Their sense of cleanliness, I feel, is going to cost them in labor and repairability in the long run.

So many integrated panels. A microwave? Plants out in the work area with no shielding and nothing to constrain waste from floating away?

Pretty cowboy lookin' up there.

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