It’s not news to anyone that Jarred and I were space geeks at an early age. Not too many people I know could start a story with “when I was at Space Camp…” (something we can both say legitimately…I think Jarred went for a decade or something).
But anyway, I went to Space Camp as a 10 year old in 1995 and I distinctly remember seeing these elaborate models and renderings of the eventual International Space Station. Even as a young kid, at the time I thought that these plans seemed a bit TOO big, a bit too overwhelming in scale and in the amount of international cooperation required. It seemed to be a vision of the distant future, much like our simulated flight to Mars (which, if memory serves correctly, ended in disaster).
Well, I’ve been happily wrong since the International Space Station started coming together 10 years ago. These pictures of the station over its lifetime are phenomenal. Do yourself a favor and check out the rest; here’s a tease:
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Why is the use of space necessary for effective missile defense to protect America from incoming ballistic missiles? How does missile defense work and why is it important in the new missile age where multiple countries either have nuclear weapons or are trying to obtain them?