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Soyuz To The Moon?

Posted by timothy on from the alice-ducks dept.

colonist writes "The Americans won the first race, but the Russians might beat them back to the moon. The reliable Soyuz, currently the only means of transport to the International Space Station, may send tourists on a voyage around the moon (gallery of illustrations). Constellation Services International's plans call for the Soyuz spacecraft to dock with a logistics module and an upper stage. The upper stage fires to send the Soyuz on a free-return circumlunar trajectory."

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  1. 503 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    first post before a 503

  2. Be sure to get... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the "free return" part in writing.

    --
    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  3. "Back?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't they have to get there in the first place to go "back"?

  4. Re:Space Race by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    America did not win the 'first' race.

    Ok, yeah, but at least we did win the Battle of Pearl Harbor and capture the Enigma machine.

    KFG

  5. How about some important ones? by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    First game of golf played on another planet or moon: USA, Alan Sheppard, 1971
    First wheeled vehicle to be kicked because it wasn't working on another planet or moon: USA, Apollo 15, 1971
    First mutant space fungus to be grown entirely in orbit: Russia, Mir, 2000. Bonus points to the USA for bringing the original strain up with them on the space shuttle.
    First zero-gee sex in orbit: Still waiting for confirmation on this. Suspect a government cover-up of some kind.