Summary

Description	MS. STILSON: Palak from Chicago wants to know what experiments is Discovery carrying on board. MS. STILSON: Here's a good question from Kevin in Ottawa: How are payloads given priority, given the space limitations for each Shuttle flight? MR. HIGGINBOTHAM: That is a good question. It's a lot like packing for a camping trip. You only have limited amount of stuff that you can carry on your back and limited amount of weight that you carry, so you have to prioritize. First of all, you're going to carry the things that you need to keep you alive and keep you healthy. And then with whatever extra weight and volume you might have left over, you can carry other stuff that you might want to have. It's a lot like that for these missions.On the Space Station, we have two basic kinds of flight. We have assembly flights, where we're carrying up large pieces,building blocks to leave behind. And then we have resupply flights where we're carrying up supplies. On the assembly flights,the prioritizat
Date	2005-07-15
Source	images.nasa.gov

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