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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. Disturbing by zmalone · · Score: 0, Troll

    This article's comments may set a new low for shitty "In SOVIET RUSSIA" posts. I count 5 or 6 in the first 10 posts. I hope that everyone can get this shit out of their systems now.

    Of the remaining posts, nearly all of them comment on the IIS/ISS mix up. I would imagine that the few that slip through the cracks will be the shitty meta-posts like this one.

    Does the soviet Russia thing bother anyone else? I suppose soviet USSR, or communist USSR could work, but soviet Russia?

  2. Russia's space program has fallen on hard times? by sab39 · · Score: 0, Troll

    In Soviet Russia, hard times fall on YOU!

    (I am sooo sorry)