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SUMMARY:The International Space Station: The first 25 years - Bob Chesson\
 , ESA - Senior Advisor to the Director of Human Spaceflight
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CONTACT:Mr Jin Yu
DESCRIPTION:The ISS has been over 25 years in the making and stands togeth
 er with the Large Hadron Collider as one of the largest and most complex i
 nternational programmes ever undertaken. Like the LHC\, the Station’s hi
 story has been beset by many technical problems and cost overruns that hav
 e several times brought it close to cancellation. The complexity of the pr
 oject is partly due to its international nature\, which has in times of di
 fficulty been its strongest element and ultimately its saviour.\n\nThis le
 cture will trace the history of the programme seen through the eyes of the
  European partner from Ronald Reagan’s invitation to participate in 1984
  to the completion of the Station’s assembly earlier this year. \n\nThe 
 various aspects of the design and its evolution including the effects of t
 he major redesign in 1993 that brought the Russians into the programme\, w
 ill be summarised and the challenges of an assembly sequence that required
  a total of over 40 Space Shuttle flights to complete will be discussed. \
 n\nThe complexity of operating and maintaining such a huge infrastructure 
 and its crew of six using control centres and supply ships provided by the
  U.S.\, Russian\, Europe and Japan will be addressed along with some of th
 e major lessons learnt so far.\n\nFinally\, with a view to assessing wheth
 er it was all worth it\, an overview of the scientific achievements to dat
 e and a look forward to what is planned for further ISS utilisation will b
 e given.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre '0' of the Cambridge University Engineering Depar
 tment on Trumpington Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PZ.
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