Hey Russia !

STEED · 04-07-10, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Must be the cheapest option one would presume

Nah...Top Gear will do it for free.

Zachstar · 04-07-10, 03:24 PM

Russia needs money hand over fist so I highly doubt Soyuz flights will be denied any time soon. Tho we do need to start work on a replacement shuttle.

razark · 04-08-10, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Zachstar

Russia needs money hand over fist so I highly doubt Soyuz flights will be denied any time soon. Tho we do need to start work on a replacement shuttle.

Odd thing is, up until earlier this year, we were working on a replacement.

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Originally Posted by CCIP

I think the Soyuz is a fantastic system, and when I say that we really need to get past it I don't mean to disrespect it. But we really DO need to move space science forward. It bothers me that as of this year, Soyuz will again be the "premiere" system for working in space - a 45-year-old system that is essentially riding atop a 55-year-old "7" series ICBM. The big, big selling point of space exploration for me is not saving money and cutting corners - it has to advance science and engineering with technology that will later be transferable for more down-to-earth uses. If we're not pushing the envelope at all, I think we're really limiting not only what we can do in space exploration, but what space exploration can do for us in the long run.

August · 04-08-10, 09:58 AM

JFK must be spinning in his grave right now.

TLAM Strike · 04-08-10, 10:02 AM

Soyuz = Awesome.

Seriously its the only spacecraft currently in service that was designed to travel to the F*ing Moon!

Oh yea an their were plans for an Soyuz space fighter as well.

Plus it was the spacecraft used to service the only [Emperor Palpatine] fully armed and operational battle station [/Emperor Palpatine] built by humans.

Platapus · 04-08-10, 03:47 PM

Sure glad the United States "won" the space race.

Zachstar · 04-08-10, 03:51 PM

The "Replacement" was no shuttle it was a POS that lied to the public with its "Safe Simple Soon" nonsence in my opinion.

We need a horizontally launched shuttle.

Jimbuna · 04-08-10, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Nah...Top Gear will do it for free.

LOL

CCIP · 04-08-10, 07:25 AM

I think the Soyuz is a fantastic system, and when I say that we really need to get past it I don't mean to disrespect it. But we really DO need to move space science forward. It bothers me that as of this year, Soyuz will again be the "premiere" system for working in space - a 45-year-old system that is essentially riding atop a 55-year-old "7" series ICBM. The big, big selling point of space exploration for me is not saving money and cutting corners - it has to advance science and engineering with technology that will later be transferable for more down-to-earth uses. If we're not pushing the envelope at all, I think we're really limiting not only what we can do in space exploration, but what space exploration can do for us in the long run.

04-07-10, 03:24 PM	#2
Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Russia needs money hand over fist so I highly doubt Soyuz flights will be denied any time soon. Tho we do need to start work on a replacement shuttle. __________________

04-08-10, 09:58 AM	#4
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,249 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	JFK must be spinning in his grave right now. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

04-08-10, 10:02 AM	#5
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	Soyuz = Awesome. Seriously its the only spacecraft currently in service that was designed to travel to the Fing Moon*! Oh yea an their were plans for an Soyuz space fighter as well. Plus it was the spacecraft used to service the only [Emperor Palpatine] fully armed and operational battle station [/Emperor Palpatine] built by humans. __________________

04-08-10, 03:47 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,431 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Sure glad the United States "won" the space race. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-08-10, 03:51 PM	#7
Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	The "Replacement" was no shuttle it was a POS that lied to the public with its "Safe Simple Soon" nonsence in my opinion. We need a horizontally launched shuttle. __________________

04-08-10, 07:25 AM	#9
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I think the Soyuz is a fantastic system, and when I say that we really need to get past it I don't mean to disrespect it. But we really DO need to move space science forward. It bothers me that as of this year, Soyuz will again be the "premiere" system for working in space - a 45-year-old system that is essentially riding atop a 55-year-old "7" series ICBM. The big, big selling point of space exploration for me is not saving money and cutting corners - it has to advance science and engineering with technology that will later be transferable for more down-to-earth uses. If we're not pushing the envelope at all, I think we're really limiting not only what we can do in space exploration, but what space exploration can do for us in the long run. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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