http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sa-_Knre68">NASA archive footage of a 1973 film tour through the surprisingly spacious compartments of the Skylab station
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awe6vOXURpY">Pete Conrad running inside Skylab
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYsKGDJe4zE">Inside of the station, view of astronauts running and jumping around
Size comparison (ft
3):
Skylab: 10,000
ISS (current): 12,626So why was the ISS so expensive? This is why:
Skylab Assembly:
Skylab was launched into Earth orbit by a single Saturn V rocket on May 14, 1973
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/skylabISS Assembly:
Zarya: launched Nov. 20, 1998
Unity: attached Dec. 8, 1998
Zvezda: attached July 25, 2000
Z1 Truss: attached Oct. 14, 2000
P6 Integrated Truss: attached Dec. 3, 2000
Destiny: attached Feb. 10, 2001
Canadarm2: attached April 22, 2001
Joint Airlock: attached July 15, 2001
Pirs: attached Sept. 16, 2001
S0 Truss: attached April 11, 2002
S1 Truss: attached Oct. 10, 2002
P1 Truss: attached Nov. 26, 2002
P3/P4 Truss: attached Sept. 12, 2006
P5 Truss: attached Dec. 12, 2006
Harmony: attached Oct. 26, 2007
Columbus: attached Feb. 11, 2008
Kibo (ELM-PS): attached March 14, 2008
Kibo (JPM): attached June 3, 2008
S6 Truss: attached March 19, 2009
Skylab was sent up in one launch and the ISS required nineteen.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/isstodate.html