@Dacia Sandero guys How dare you does not mean Greta Thunberg. It's the most common phrase in english. Seriously guys

Lol I thought that was interesting

Not to mention the servers serving this video are Linux-powered. As are the regional content delivery networks. After the last e-cig article, DNews seems to be caring less how blatant their biases are. Edited to add: and there is actually something better than Linux for scientific purposes, the L4 family of kernels features one systems architecture (seL4) that has been formally verified. (Formal, mathematical proofs about operation.) I.e. it's an OS with literally zero bugs, and the proof to back up that claim. L4 is also more widely deployed than Linux and Windows combined.

GothAlice "Widely deployed" is relative when you're comparing operating systems and kernels. For example, almost every home with modern electronics runs linux in some way, either through routers, microwaves, TVs, phones, etc, but I personally wouldn't consider any of these people as active linux users, because it isn't used as a traditional OS in these categories. That being said, I don't see L4 being very comparable to Windows or Linux. Saying "for scientific purposes" is just too broad, because a graphing calculator could fit in that category too but I'm sure some of those don't use some pre-made kernel. I figure that most scientific software that is crucial for stability and is hardware-specific is written to bare metal. But, I don't really have any facts to back that up.

***** virus free just means nobody's tried yet

jesse scheepmaker No, it doesn't. Linux, and all unix-like OSes are naturally secure. Many people think Windows gets so badly infected because it's popular, but its actually because the OS is so poorly designed it grants anyone access to anywhere at any time. UAC was hardly a fix for this.

Peter Schmidt i'm sure that someone could program a virus for linux if they tried, there was a virus for mac a while ago, and that's unix too

Also.Well NSA i didnt mean it.

same here

Madd Hatter ~ your name suits you because you are mad they do nothing up there except for all the time exercising and making videos it is so expensive why are we paying a hundred billion dollars for it a year and like four or five other countries kicking in 60 billion screw that

not being argumentative but can you please tell me specifically anything that we have gained from them being on the ISS. I know there are many many satellites up their use for GPS Internet and things like that but specifically what does the ISS do

Let’s be honest we can’t prove there is space stations. Period.

@@joshgobrecht5865 Let's be honest, we can just look up and see it. When its close enough you can see the sharp edges and with just a binoculars you can see the solar panels coming out of the structure. Truly wonderful.

As the Emperor from Stars Wars would say, "Wait tell they see the new and improved power of a fully functioning Death Star!"

They’re planning on making a smaller station but it will orbit the moon instead

China is committed

Only because Congress nut-shotted the budget meant to include the new LEO transport vehicle, just because they didn't like Obama. And THEN said they would increase NASA's budget a little, on the condition that included in the budget bill was additional increases in the NSA spying program.... Congress... the antithesis of Progress since 1975

Eric Fling Not anymore. Now we have space x

They can not quite yet send people to the ISS, but they have sent supplies and they are working on sending passengers to space

Not anymore

Haha nice one..

You still haven't anwsered my question: What do aliens think about trees?

You avoid the details from a distance and you can still watch KZfaq, I think that's what your doing. You're learning stuff from HowTo videos. You should watch beauty & fashion to see how to apply skin foundation, I think you suffer from human envy and watch Beyonce at night. You can forget about that one, no offense but you look terrible.

U must be really bored or a professional troll XD

Alien Grey why do aliens like dolphins?

even though linux has done more to advance science, pity

***** 1 plus one great phone XD

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I'm not sure he was saying its bad, I think he just simply doesn't know enough about it to comment. I don't think Trace is quick to judge. Anyway, I'm glad the ISS switched. I'm surprised they weren't always using it.

and customizable. unlike closed source software

All hail Arch Linux.

It would be ironic if they shove a bunch of explosives, aka Nukes, on it and aimed it at ISIS. NASA could claim technical malfunctions altered its course causing a disaster!

hackman669 so basically NASA would have a rock the size of a football field just waiting to be thrown at something.... its effective too as long as it doesn't burn most of it in the atmosphere!

Hackman..... I think we are now friends.

Nothing serious right now. We should probably sort our shit out down here first anyway

Russia has some serious plans using some of the old service modules from the Russian half of the ISS. As for other countries I don't know, probably.

By replacing one module at a time we will have to as many launches to space as many modules existent and it might cost more than to do one bigger launch to space with everything needed.To get into the outer space let's say you need X independent of the cargo you takeSo if you are replacing one by one it will cost for example 200Xbut if you do it all at once you only need X plus the extra cargoGot it? pls answer this question.Sorry for the bad English .Hope have helped you understanding it.

The Galactic Void ya it could cause a tsunami

Andre Feliciano ya, but if we use space x reusable rockets, we can do it, one week one rocket or we can use the space balloon for transportation which is even cheap or even better why don't we just build a ISS part 2 I better one. it will be costly but in the name of science and the whole world millitary budget > 1400 billion dollars

SpaceX's reusable rockets are so far only powerful enough to lift small satellites or supply vehicles. The ISS modules are considerably larger, requiring rockets that are far too big to recover in such a way. Remember, in order for SpaceX's rocket recovery to work, it still needs enough fuel to reverse course and safely touch down, after performing its initial launch. This means a LARGER rocket with more fuel, meaning its far heavier and requires greater thrust.... so take our largest heavy lift rockets and DOUBLE their size,... which MORE THAN doubles its cost. Further, the oldest modules on ISS (thus the ones that require the earliest replacement) are integral to its structure. The Zarya FGB and Zvedzda Service Module are what is providing the station's primary control,... you cannot just divert that control, considering none of the US segment modules have thrusters of their own. The Unity (Node 1) module (first US module installed) is not only the central point of the station, but is where all subsequent modules are connected, as well as the massive central truss. There is literally no way to disconnect this module and keep the station together in less than four pieces, requiring an insane coordinated EVA and robotic arm operation that had never been done to even HALF that degree in history. Even replacing the Destiny Laboratory (the 2nd oldest US module) is not feasible, as you would have to decouple Node 2 which has no less than three modules connected to it. There is no way to keep all that mass steady for the time required to remove and replace this one module. And no, they could not separate the modules individually, as there are not enough robotic arms to do so. Further, a lot of the struts that secure the central truss and keep it steady are also connected to the Destiny Laboratory Module as well,... so there goes THAT idea. Even worse, since none of the US Segment modules have control thrusters of their own (They are basically empty shells with slots to slide experiment racks into), they cannot be launched on their own. Only the two Russian modules, with their individual control and thrust systems, can be launched autonomously. Everything else REQUIRED the Space Shuttle,... which we no longer have.

K1productions, thanks for the info : )

***** Thank you Shadow, I am frankly amazed that the leaders of this earth do not seem to get this simple fact. Or they get it but think it is better for there nations not to act, that the time isn't right... But seriously, the time is now, it is time to get our &/% together, bury the HATCHET(S), shake hands in good faith and TRY TO WORK TOGETHER. With all the smart minds out there and all that technology, I'm sure we could find tons of ideas to try and slowly get us over our differences and get us closer! > John Lennon had that dream, and some of us are still dreaming the same thing. If only there was enough dreamers out there... Note: I am a realist person tough and I see the world around me and how things are going and have to admit that I am fearing for the worst of outcome for the human race. Ex: Endless wars on terror (what is that?!? if not a war that has no end?), money that has no value, powerful countries abusing the weaker ones, ..., only to name a few examples.

I blame the American media and sheep for stupefying the masses. Now we have a bunch of loud mouth bigots and morons on the small screen then scientists.

A centrifuge wouldn't work to make them float. It'll only increase their weight, not decrease it.

The idea is to not make them float, floating isn't the best for human longevity in space.

Ryan Airth The point of the ISS is experimenting in micro-gravity though.

They actually had such a module planned- experiment, of course. Nautilus. It was, surprise surprise, cancelled due to budget cuts. However, Bigelow Aerospace (the one trying to make a space hotel), has planes to include a centrifuge model on the ISS.

wolfbyte3171 Oh, didn't know, but go figure, I hate how money dictates such things, but eh, that's the world we live in. I hope Bigelow Aerospace does well in this aspect.

Well the forse needed for TLI (translunar injection) is gigantic becouse the ISS has 420 metric tons + the fuel to fire the engine for TLI would have gigantic mass.

think about the gouvernements eye: what is the point of dropping bilions just to move a station higher for no reason? it would cost tons of billions

@@testkill5109 but it wouldn't. Just send up a few falcon rockets that cost no more than 60 million to make, even cheaper if theynare re using them. The payload on them will be some rcs. It will take some time but it would work and wouldnt cost billions of dollars. Besides the world already has spent like 150 billion on the thing, seems like a waste to crash it. Sounds better to have it as a memorial

Yes, but space polution ^^. I'd be smashed down by other stuff, right now they avoid it by doing adjustments in it's orbit to avoid collisions but imagine what of a mess i'd would make if it got broken into pieces by something?

And leaves in the garage until somebody else has an idea

no

So when it eventually comes back to earth it will land in the ocean instead of crashing in a big city for example. Some of it may survive re entry thats why.

***** +Spind yes, but why de-orbit it in the first place?

Dimi Kap It would be too old to be worth maintaining at that point, and so it would be decommissioned. To reduce space debris they would do a controlled crash into an ocean.

The ISS is in a decaying orbit. If it isn't maintained its orbit will decay until the point of re-entry. (Where it will crash down to earth ) So once it has served it's purpose it's better to control the deorbit procedure to ensure it doesn't do any harm / damage when it crashed down to earth :)

The ISS is pushed back on it's orbit regularly because stuff doesn't stay in orbit for ever. There are few atoms, even at this height.

*claps*

Because staying in a hotel that's been gathering micro-fractures and micrometeorite impacts for 30 years won't be an utterly terrifying experience…

Meh. People just take for granted the good things the U.S. has done, and instead bitch about all the little things. We stood up to Communism almost on our own and Hitler for God's sake.

It hurts me to think about the day it will be deorbited. When that day comes I want it to be covered in cameras. Let it go out in a blaze of glory.

***** You got WW1 and 2 mixed up. The U.S.' make manufacturing capabilites at the time kept all the allies in the game. At the end of the war, the U.S. was manufacturing 45% of all manufactured goods in the world. The U.S. was in the war before D-Day, and was instrumental to taking back the western front.

It may become trash and be hazardous for travellers.

Jason Todd Shame that's impossible

This video already explained it. By 2024 the ISS will be too old to be useful, and it'll have to be replaced.

Um, actually, the orbit gets corrected every few weks. What Trace ment was that in about 50 years sustaining the ISS would be to expensive and all the experiments would have allready been done. Therefore NASA simply will do a controlled deorbit rather than letting it crash somewhere randomly.

Demeter Ákos there ya' go! www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/experiments_by_name.html

Trace Dominguez That's very kind of you! I'll have a cool science night reading through...

They purchased rides on the Russian Soyuz spacecrafts launches from Kazakhstan.