[Androcles]

Big Duh from me on this. I once got in trouble at NASA for sending an official E-mail calling the ISS Mir-II.

That wasn't very nice! Mir was a great piece of hardware that performed robustly, outlived its design life and produced plenty of data, especially on long term physiological effects from space. The ISS on the other hand...well, if I shared my true feelings on it we'd all learn some new words and I'd be banned.

[RadioAstronomer]

That wasn't very nice! Mir was a great piece of hardware that performed robustly, outlived its design life and produced plenty of data, especially on long term physiological effects from space. The ISS on the other hand...well, if I shared my true feelings on it we'd all learn some new words and I'd be banned.

Where did I cut down Mir? That was supposted to add a touch of humor to this thread. Obviously, that fell flatter than spacetime itself. Sigh.

I really did get in trouble (well talked too). It was in reference that we were just replacing the aging Mir with a "Mir-II" for the Russians. That was clear back in the late 80s. Well guess what. My prediction has come to pass. Go figure.