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Article: AT THE HEART OF PROJECT IS LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- March 18, 1998
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When America's Pathfinder spacecraft landed on Mars last July 4 and its diminutive Sojourner rover set out exploring and snapping pictures like a tourist, it had implications for the International Space Station that have reached all the way to Seattle.
Hoping to capitalize on the intense public interest in Earth's nearest neighbor that was generated by the Pathfinder mission, NASA is considering a significant modification of the final design of the space station to include a module similar to what would be used for a manned expedition to Mars.
This TransHab would replace the $100 million habitation module built by Boeing in Huntsville, Ala., and which is ...