making a space station model without buying a book learning how?
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Here are a couple of websites to look at:  \nhttp://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/\nhttp://www.shuttlepresskit.com/ISS_OVR/\n\nYou can also go the the local library and try to find the following books, and if they do not have it there, they can probably get them on inter-library loan.\nCreating the International Space Station\nThe International Space Station (Let's Read-And-Find-Out Science: Stage 2)
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try Cassini personal web server - ran this for a graduate project:\n\nhttp://www.asp.net/Projects/Cassini/Download/Default.aspx?tabid=1
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Try:\n\nhttp://www.planet-source-code.com/\n\nGood luck :-))
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you can download an e-book pdf here:\n\nhttp://www.planetpdf.com/developer/article.asp?ContentID=6633\n\nhere is another online e-book:\nhttp://www.xs4all.nl/~smit/asm01001.htm
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This is as good a place to start as any -->\n\nhttp://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/bh2_2.html
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yes you can, my friend makes them at home, I do not know where you get the diagrams though.
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I suspect there is an open-source product that would be free and pretty competitive to CAD.  Give http://www.sourceforge.net a try to see if such a product exists.\n\nEdit:  found this http://sourceforge.net/projects/brlcad/
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Yes, you need a lab to do this! If that wasn't clear to you, this may not be the best project to try to copy!\n\nWhy not have an idea of you own, something you can do with what you have at hand at home? You might learn something!
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Try this site, it might give you some ideas, help.\n\nwww.modelexpo-online.com
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Hi. This is how NASA does it : http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast02nov_1.htm
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you can get trueSpace 1.0 here free. \n\nhttp://www.pcformat.co.uk/downloads/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=5548&subsectionid=676&subsubsectionid=452
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goto www.nasa.com/edu
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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
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Check out SketchUp.  Not exactly Autocad and only free as in beer, but it looks pretty cool.\n\nYou can also find lots of CAD programs on freshmeat.net or get a trial copy of AutoCAD.
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Make a 3d model and print it out using anim8or @ anim8or.com\n\nIf that is not in option, try using a styrafoam block and carve it.
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Google SketchUp. Good. Free.
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You can use products like Autocad. It builds floor plans pretty well. But thats for advanced people.\n\nBBut you can download a free tool called SmartDraw. VERY NICE... \n\nTake a look at it, the free link is below