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--- In ssi_list@... "Martin Ravell"
>
> Wow, couldn't help but noticing that the ISS has only 64 m^3 more
habitable
> space than Skylab did. Is this the current value for habitable
volume of the
> ISS or planned volume when completed?

It's the current volume.

Check here for a diagram of existing and proposed ISS modules.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/ISS_Core_Program.pdf

>
> I know a fair few members of the list would agree with me that the
ISS is
> less than the ideal platform especially when considered in
relation to the
> types of goals that SSI is interested in but it certainly struck
me how poor
> the thing is when compared to 70's technology.

Well, going back to the theme of the original poster, back in
the '70s they had Saturn V to loft a one-piece Skylab, and today,
there is the space pick-up truck called the shuttle to take the
smaller load modules up to orbit.

TangoMan