Who should build the International Space Station? Scientists had to weigh heavily on this question during the planning phase of ISS. Each country involved in making ISS shares the same vision and strong determination, however for financial and governmental reasons these countries have decided to take on such a Countries helping to build the ISS [Permission granted by NASDA] gigantic undertaking as one. This was the easiest thing to do, right? Well, this decision does have many downsides. The most obvious one is the problems that could arise with each country having its own opinion of how something should be performed. In a project with the magnitude and prestige of ISS one would assume that petty disagreements would not be a problem, however, in truth philosophical differences and even distrust among the team of scientists could cause some severe setbacks and failures. The only setback thus far on ISS has been the launch date of the first component, the Russian FGB module. The original launch date was planned for June of 1998, but because of Russia's failure to be prepared for launch, the launch has been postponed till later this year. ISS is going to be the greatest scientific collaboration of all time, but even more than that it will be a learning experience for future cooperative ventures among diverse countries.