{"id":49463,"date":"2015-02-01T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T20:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/01\/the-super-station.html"},"modified":"2015-02-01T13:39:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T20:39:23","slug":"the-super-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/01\/the-super-station.html","title":{"rendered":"The Super-Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actually, this is a pretty darned cool graphic, showing the relative size of the International Space Station and a (US) football field.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+NASA<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Did you know the International Space Station, including its large solar arrays, spans the area of a U.S. football field, including the end zones, and weighs over 900,000 pounds? The complex has more livable room than a conventional six-bedroom house, and has two bathrooms, a gymnasium and a 360-degree bay window. Details: <a href=\"http:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/gU6Yl8\">http:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/gU6Yl8<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The big game on today will be broadcast during the space station astronauts&rsquo; sleep period. Flight controllers are expected to uplink the game to the crew, and they has the option to watch in real-time or later when time permits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/102371865054310418159\/albums\/6110947595317854193\/6110947597094880114'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-vjslLhZGjX4\/VM5ydl3eA3I\/AAAAAAADQAI\/ouF-6zp7his\/Football%2BField.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/WNf54mV3BKa'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actually, this is a pretty darned cool graphic, showing the relative size of the International Space Station and a (US) football field. Originally shared by +NASA: Did you know the International Space Station, including its large solar arrays, spans the area of a U.S. football field, including the end zones, and weighs over 900,000 pounds? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/01\/the-super-station.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Super-Station&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Football+Field.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31930,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/28\/the-sounds-of-space-station.html","url_meta":{"origin":49463,"position":0},"title":"The Sounds of Space (Station)","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 28-Dec-12 12:14am","format":false,"excerpt":"In case you thought the ISS sounded like the bridge of the Enterprise or something. 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