The Complicated Task Of Building The International Space Station | Building The Biggest | Progress

In this episode of Building the Biggest, they explore the construction and maintenance of humanity's foremost outpost in space. Through international collaboration involving sixteen nations, the International Space Station (ISS) emerges as a symbol of unity and technological prowess. The documentary explores the challenges faced by engineers and astronauts, from budget overruns to technical setbacks, as well as showing the ramifications behind a tragedy like the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
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13:54 Wire sent from the US not compatible with Germany systems? Sounds like Lockheed Martin not knowing to use metric instead of the imperial system. Not the only time that issue has happened.

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1st

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China joined the chat

[@littleaboutalotnotalotaboutshi]

😂...he said they were going to have to teach the Americans how to do it, how to stay to the standards