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Energiya Pushes For A 6-Person Space Capsule

Posted by timothy on from the isn't-funded-'til-it's-funded dept.

voss writes "Apparently the Russians want to build their own reusable capsule called the Clipper that can be used up to 25 times and can fit 6 people. They also say they can build their ship in 5 years. The key here is if they can get the funding. The shuttle will be retired in 2010 and with no credible replacement on the horizon...why doesn't NASA give the Russians a chance?"

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  1. Re:14 people in two incidents by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 1, Troll


    Russians still send humans into space. Americans don't.

    Which, if course, ignores the current and previous ISS crews - all including US astronauts.

    Nice try, trollboy.
  2. Difference between NASA and Rosaviakosmos by EqualSlash · · Score: 1, Troll
    This is an old Joke:

    When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens won't work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 billion to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300 C.

    The Russians used a pencil.