Reusing ISS Alpha designs

Whats this nonsense about bringing the second station BACK from an
asteroid?

Pick a *good* one, leave the station there, and start mining the
asteroid!

Colin Keizer

*good* = water plus carbon and other consumables.

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> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 17:12:22 -0500
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> One possibility I thought about was to build another space station in
> Earth orbit from modified ISS components, and then send it to
> a NEO with minimal crew. Go to the NEO, plant a flag, take pictures,

> gather some rocks, come home. Clearly, we have the know-how to build

> space stations in earth orbit, and we also know how to keep people
alive for