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humanity's most expensive way to admit gravity is annoying but not optional.
means a space station is a spacecraft built to stay in orbit long-term, letting humans live and work in microgravity instead of just visiting.
from the idea predates the technology by decades — konstantin tsiolkovsky sketched orbital habitats in 1903, and the soviets built the first real one, salyut 1, in 1971, mostly to beat the us to something after losing the moon race.
iss speedorbits earth every 90 minutes
mir lifespanlasted 15 years, 10 past retirement
tiangong meaningliterally translates to heavenly palace
toilets costspace toilets run around 23 million dollars