It has been up there hardly making any news for more than 21 years. It’s been doing the unbelievable every day for more than 21 years.
Down here we have been busy with Miniscule News Happenings by comparison to what’s been going on up there. Writing this Blog Posting will not change much of anything about our interest in the International Space Station. We are still going to be mesmerized by the Insignificant, the Tawdry, the Violent and the Silly which is going on all around us Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow...
Ø Super Bowl plays like that one almost at the very end of this year’s Super Bowl where on 3rd and goal to go #55 Did Not Pass Interfere with that receiver and made that great defensive play only to be called for Pass Interference giving the about to be winning team a 1st and goal to go inside the 3 yard line.
Ø What some celebrity did with some other celebrity in broad daylight.
Ø Carjacking's.
Ø Murders.
Ø Political high jinks.
Ø Hot dog eating contests.
Ø Ground Hog “predictions”.
Ø Etcetera, Etcetera, Etcetera.
While we have been concerned with such as the 8 Bullet Points above, removing gravity from the equation has made a huge difference for scientists researching everything from combustion engines to air purification systems to cancer treatments. In its more than 21 years of human occupancy, the space station has hosted more than 3,000 experiments by more than 4,000 researchers from more than 100 countries.
Oh well, let’s just be thankful that there are still the likes of the more than 4,000 researchers doing what they are doing whether we are paying attention to their more than 3,000 experiments or not.
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
