space architecture

is the MIR (minus SpaceLab) Spacestation the first
of a new kind of free-form architectural design that
will evolve in the centuries from now.. will schools
experiments in designing 'moon colonies' become a
reality in the future space building of probes and
pods; architectural 'machines for living in'..?

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chart of the MIR:

http://www.energialtd.com/graph/mir_chart.gif

Russian MIR Space Station w/US Shuttle photographs:

http://www.energialtd.com/mir.htm


like a car and a house, looking at MIR & Shuttle
parked, connected together. symbiotic? what will
the basic space-plan of the future consist of..
there are plans on the table to create mining
operations off of asteroids.. amongst other
medical and scientific industries, including
even tourism.. will it become the realm of the
perspicacious architect of the future <?>

bc
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