There are
2 versions of this one... I'll just
deal with the factual
side of things and leave the speculative to
someone else.
NASA has a $1.4
billion, 15-ton
laboratory named
Destiny that is set for launch on
Feb. 7,
2001 on board the
space shuttle Atlantis.
NASA's Destiny laboratory will form the scientific
cornerstone of the
international space station and is the first of
at least three lab modules planned for
Alpha.
Destiny is the most
expensive piece of the international
space station, a
$100 billion venture of the
United States,
Russia,
Japan,
Europe and
Canada.