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Mitchell Holman (noemail@verizont.net) 2017/11/26 06:11
Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:ov81o201uup@drn.newsguy.com:

> In article <XnsA836C4256C6F7noemailattnet@216.166.97.131>, Mitchell
> Holman says...
>>
>>"Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote in
>>news:QqCdnRc0wsAmuorHnZ2dnUU7-RXNnZ2d@supernews.com:
>>
>>> "Mitchell Holman"  wrote in message
>>> news:XnsA8367914E4814noemailattnet@216.166.97.131...
>>>>
>>>>    Like manned space flight, another field where America has ceded
>>>> leadership to Russia........
>>>
>>> Uh-huh: http://tinyurl.com/y8m5gxmu
>>>
>>> https://hushkit.net/2016/05/25/the-ten-worst-soviet-aircraft/
>>>
>>> https://www.wired.com/2008/07/gallery-top-10-worst-aircraft-ever/
>>>
>>> http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a21029/worst-soviet-
>>> ai rcraft-ever-built/
>>>
>>> https://gizmodo.com/5893817/the-concordes-soviet-older-sister-that-ju
>>> st -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-wor
>>> ld
>>>
>>>
>>> Bounce, bounce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRr_rlDOIdQ
>>
>>
>>    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-astronau
> t-iss-2018


    I would hope the Russians honor their contract.
History shows they cannot be trusted in that regard.








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