The ISS inherited hardware and ideas from a program that never flew under its original name. This reference follows Freedom’s changing designs, cancellations, and political near-deaths instead of compressing them into ‘it became the ISS.’ Finished hardware looks inevitable; the abandoned branches explain how it got there.
Original station history: http://www.astronautix.com/s/spacestationfreedom.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-astronautix-keeps-space-station-freedom-from-disappearing-into-the-iss/
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Original station history: http://www.astronautix.com/s/spacestationfreedom.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-astronautix-keeps-space-station-freedom-from-disappearing-into-the-iss/
#ancientweb #spacehistory #engineering #archives
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