Ah. I thought you were talking about a government agency called that. Thanks, Top Gun.

I thought ISS was a widely-recognized acronym. *shrugs*

Considering that NASA started designing it in 1984, the first part wasn't launched until 1998, and it's not expected to be completed until 2010 (late, over budget, and smaller than planned) the Colossus isn't so bad.

I know it... Weren't they planning on abandonint it after the Columbia incident?

Space Station Alpha, anyone?

Only if rutan is designing it.

Rutan? Who is Rutan?

(600th post! Yay!)

The guy who won the X-Prize for first private spaceship.

Ahh...

Yeah, he'd probably do a good job with that one.