I looked at the ISS research in detail a few years ago, and there are several experiments counted as ISS research because they were on a space shuttle flight th

I looked at the ISS research in detail a few years ago, and there are several experiments counted as ISS research because they were on a space shuttle flight that went to the ISS. My point is that as you mention with the AMS, the benefits of the ISS are exaggerated in this way. Overall, the research results of the ISS struck me nothing you'd put into even the top 100 discoveries of the year, and nothing worth the cost. To see just how costly the ISS is compared to other research projects, see: http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciam/assets/Image/sad1015Flet4p_updatelarge.jpg http://www.scientificamerican.com/sciam/assets/Image/sad1015...