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Posted by on February 5, 2008, 9:07 pm
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>> Outsourcing -- Outsourcing -- Oursourcing
>> going ---------- going ---------- gone
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>> We appear to have completely disipated the infrastructure and
>> momentum created by the successful Moon missions.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080205/ap_on_sc/commercial_space;_ylt=AiA70HD6MS0SV1hDk0QImi4PLBIF
>> NASA may buy Russian transport services
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>> By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer Mon Feb 4, 9:28 PM ET
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>> LOS ANGELES - NASA hinted that it might rely on Russian rockets
>> to deliver crew and cargo to the international space station when
>> the shuttle fleet is retired in 2010 if private space companies
>> fail to fill the gap.
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>As part of the R&D into the Mars mission they wanted to look at the Saturn
>rockets and they are having a hard time finding archives on it. Now where
>did I put my flasses?
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I had a chance to meet Jim Kelly (not long ago) STS-114 and during his
presentation he talked about future flights with the Russians.
It was more than a hint, it sounded like a fact.
Eileen Collins was with him and they gave a good overall look at the
future of the program.
Regards
Daveb
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> going ---------- going ---------- gone
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> We appear to have completely disipated the infrastructure and
> momentum created by the successful Moon missions.
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