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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 16 2014, 11:33 PM (166 Views) | |
| CJ | Sep 16 2014, 11:33 PM Post #1 |
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A very minor case of serious brain damage
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29228900 The US space agency Nasa has picked the companies it hopes can take the country's astronauts back into space. It has awarded up $6.2bn to the Boeing and Space-X firms, to help them finish the development of new crew capsules. Since the space shuttles were retired in 2011, Americans have relied on Russia and its Soyuz vehicles to get to the International Space Station. Boeing and SpaceX should have their seven-person crew capsules ready to take over the role by late 2017. Disagreements over Moscow's actions in Ukraine have made the current Soyuz arrangement increasingly unpalatable for Washington. Actually, this is one consequence of the whole Ukraine thing that I hadn't thought of. Still, it's good to see them working away at this; I'm still surprised that they didn't already have a replacement ready when the Shuttles were retired. |
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| GrieferLord | Sep 17 2014, 05:45 AM Post #2 |
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they prob do thanks to skunkworks *lockheed martin* but they prob don't want to confirm or deny such things. this is 'Murica after all! if it's shaped odd it's a weather balloon. |
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