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Russia's Role in the ISS in Trouble

Posted by chrisd on from the blame-lance-bass dept.

Uhh_Duh writes "cnn.com is reporting that the Russian space program has fallen on hard times and is no longer capable of launching independent missions due to budget problems. The article touches on the fact that their annual funding is about 309 million versus the U.S. budget of 15 billion. They've also announced that they will not be meeting most of their future deliverables for the international space station." (corrected, the title originally said "IIS" instead of "ISS)

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  1. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 0, Redundant
    wait a sec

    uh, nevermind.

  2. What!? by Nefrayu · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Does this mean that we can no longer count on them to space the boy bands? That's really disappointing... :-(

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  3. launch another spice boy by Brigadier · · Score: 0, Redundant



    can't they just launch another spice boy I mean nsyncer .... or at least get justn to pay his bills

  4. Don't you mean ISS? by trubble · · Score: 0, Redundant

    IIS is the frequently maligned Internet Information Server from Microsoft. I think you meant ISS: International Space Station.

  5. In Soviet Russia... by ocie · · Score: 2, Redundant

    IIS crashes you.

    Oops, that is ISS.

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  6. IN SOVIET ISS... by FurryFeet · · Score: 0, Redundant

    RUSSIA goes bankrupt on YOU!

  7. In Soviet Slashdot by UnixRevolution · · Score: 0, Redundant

    title of story changes YOU!!!

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