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To: BenLurkin

Good to know the ISS has a junk drawer like I do and can’t decide which of the batteries gathering in there work so toss them all. ;)


21 posted on 03/16/2021 11:21:41 AM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: ZinGirl
Good to know the ISS has a junk drawer like I do and can’t decide which of the batteries gathering in there work so toss them all. ;)

The even have the temporary addition to use as junk room:

An experimental module added to the International Space Station three years ago to test expandable module technologies has been cleared to remain on the station through the late 2020s.

In a July 30 presentation at the ISS Research and Development Conference here, Nathan Wells, an instrumentation lead for the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) at NASA, said the module’s on-orbit performance had exceeded expectations and that it had been cleared to remain on the station to 2028.

“Now it’s become more of a core facility,” he said of BEAM, which is now being used for stowage to free up volume on the cramped station.

24 posted on 03/16/2021 11:52:12 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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