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Miloch (Miloch_member@newsguy.com) 2017/11/23 19:56
In article <XnsA836C4256C6F7noemailattnet@216.166.97.131>, Mitchell Holman
says...
>
>"Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote in
>news:QqCdnRc0wsAmuorHnZ2dnUU7-RXNnZ2d@supernews.com:
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>> "Mitchell Holman"  wrote in message
>> news:XnsA8367914E4814noemailattnet@216.166.97.131...
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>>>    Like manned space flight, another field where America has ceded
>>> leadership to Russia........
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>> Uh-huh: http://tinyurl.com/y8m5gxmu
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>> https://hushkit.net/2016/05/25/the-ten-worst-soviet-aircraft/
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>> https://www.wired.com/2008/07/gallery-top-10-worst-aircraft-ever/
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>> http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a21029/worst-soviet-ai
>> rcraft-ever-built/
>>
>> https://gizmodo.com/5893817/the-concordes-soviet-older-sister-that-just
>> -couldnt-stop-crashing http://tinyurl.com/ya7bmz7s
>>
>> "The worst passenger airplane in the world is probably the Tupolev
>> Tu-144, which operated scheduled passenger service from just 1977 to
>> 1978.":
>> https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-worst-passenger-airplane-in-the-world
>>
>>
>> Bounce, bounce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRr_rlDOIdQ
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>
>    I was referring to America abandoning manned
>space flight and instead relying on the Russians
>to get Americans into orbit.
>
>    All they have to do is say "Nyet" and our
>entire astronaut program collapses.
>

The Russians are under contract to carry Americans ($80M/astronaut) to the
shuttle until 2019 when SpaceX and Boeing hopefully have their space launch
vehicles certified.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/16/14640618/nasa-spacex-boeing-astronaut-iss-2018



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