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The History and Challenges of Space Stations
TLDR The International Space Station has been continuously inhabited since 1998, with astronauts studying the effects of microgravity on the human body and conducting research on combustion. Despite challenges such as the delayed development of space hotels and colonization, space tourism and the pursuit of space stations for research and manufacturing continue.
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The International Space Station has been continuously inhabited since it was launched in 1998.
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The space shuttle program did not pan out as cheap or frequent as expected, leading to a delay in the development of space hotels and colonization, but the idea of space stations for research and manufacturing is still being pursued.
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Flames in microgravity are more consistent and predictable, making it easier to study combustion and potentially develop more efficient furnaces and reduce air pollution; early ideas for space stations involved creating things in space and using them as habitats; space tourism is still being pursued by companies like Galactic Suite and Virgin Galactic.
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The Soviet Union was the first to have people living in space with the Salyut-1 station in 1971, which consisted of the Almaz military system and the Soyuz spacecraft, and they were studying the effects of microgravity on the human body.
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The effects of microgravity on the human body include a decrease in blood volume, decreased blood sugar, and the inability to hear screams in space; astronauts are also exposed to solar radiation and have an increased risk of cancer, making it important to understand the long-term effects of living in space.
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The United States launched the Skylab One space station in 1973, which initially had problems with its solar panels and heat control, but was eventually fixed by three different crews and conducted long duration manned missions to test the feasibility of going to the moon.
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Skylab was on a collision course with Earth and crashed mostly in the ocean, but some debris was collected in Australia, with one kid even collecting a piece and receiving $10,000 for it.
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The Mir space station was intended to be permanent and was continuously manned for 10 years before being intentionally crashed into the Earth.
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The International Space Station (ISS) was put into orbit in 1998, and since then, astronauts have been living there, working about 10 hours a day, Monday through Saturday, with Sundays off, and spending the rest of their time relaxing, emailing their families, and hanging out poolside, while also dealing with the challenges of microgravity, overspiced food, and using the two toilets on board.
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The Chinese launched their own space station called Tian Gong One in 2011, and although it is no longer active, they have had two missions to the space station with their first two women astronauts in 2012 and 2013, and they do not participate in the ISS.
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