Astronaut Wants Space Program With No Frills

Posted by michael on Thursday September 23, 2004 @03:41AM from the invest-in-extra-oxygen dept.

colonist writes "A veteran astronaut wants less comfort and more exploration for future missions. British-born astrophysicist Michael Foale has clocked up 374 days in space, more than any other American astronaut. Foale said, 'We need lean and mean spaceships with no frills', such as toilets or kitchen. However, he would like better oxygen-producing systems for the space station. Foale also talked about the Russians: they played 'some sort of Russian folk song. I'm not so sure it calmed me a lot.' As Foale boarded the Soyuz, an official kicked him in the back: a Russian launch tradition. From space, Foale saw a large black cloud over the Middle East: smoke from a bombed oil pipeline in Iraq."

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ok, back to school by the_2nd_coming · 2004-09-23 03:49 · Score: 0, Offtopic

when you write something, do not include more than one topic in a paragraph.

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What a Summary by justinstreufert · 2004-09-23 04:42 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I'm sure we can all agree that this was the... most...disjointed...and rambling...article summary...ever!

Justin

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