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Originally Posted by Tango589
Apropos absolutely nothing apart from idle wondering: now the Shuttle has gone the way of all things, what are they using to ping stuff into space? 1/2 mile of industrial strength knicker elastic and a troop of Boy Scout to pull it back?
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Even with the STS the military still used Atlas/Delta rockets. For missions to the ISS we are still using Russia. The ISS was put in an orbit to make it easier for the Russians to get to it