What is NASA's major objectives for The International Space Station?

Answer 1

At this point, there seems to be no clear cut goals or objectives, but instead seem to be a wait and see approach toward research. However, here's some info that I hope will be helpful.

Research conducted in six labs -- built by the U.S., Europe, Japan or Russia -- will help assess how the human body reacts to long stays in weightlessness for a possible return to the moon or flights to Mars. Other experiments could lead to better drugs and treatments for cancer or other diseases. Still other studies of Earth from space could help scientists understand long-term changes to Earth's climate and environment.

Scientists also will study how flames, fluids and metals react in space and whether tests on certain materials in weightlessness can help improve earthbound industrial processes. All these will take time, and for the public to expect quick and substantial results, Crouch said, "is a little like expecting a pinch hitter to hit a home run every time he comes up to the plate."

What the station offers most, he said, is a new environment in which to study the world just as the invention of the microscope in the 16th century opened new doors into scientific research.

"We've never had access to an operating laboratory of this type in space before," said Mary Musgrave, a plant biologist at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Her experiments on seed growth have been flown both on Mir and the shuttle's Spacelab module.

"The Mir and Spacelab programs provided only a glimpse. The International Space Station offers the opportunity to conduct research 24 hours a day, 365 days a year," she said.

Answer 2

Incompatible dimensions I believe. That and it could had been complicated designing approaches to combine the older applied sciences observed on Mir even as making the complete station in a position of adapting more recent applied sciences and capabilities. The Mir was once a entire approach even as the ISS was once being assembled in modules, and neither the RKA or NASA had the way to vary the Mir station in area in order that it would be included.

Answer 3

It seems to be to try and unite the peoples of Earth in one common objective so then maybe everyone will finally get along...
I mean we've seen it in science fiction and it definately seems to be what they are heading for here.

If everyone works together and puts their minds toward something good and productive then we might be able to put an end to racial tension.