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ISS Expedition 9 Crew Finally Returns to Earth

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sorry-we're-late dept.

neutron_p writes "International Space Station Expedition 9 crewmembers, Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke landed on target in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 8:36 p.m. EDT Saturday after 188 days in space."

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  1. Interesting research? by Biff+Stu · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I would like to know if these guys did anything worthwhile other than float around and consume resources? I would love to see a comparison of the number of high impact journal papers (Science, Nature, Physics Review Letters...) produced by the Hubble telescope and the International Space Station.

  2. Re:Shuttle Visit by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I'm glad the shuttle will be flying again.

    As a taxpayer, I'm not. What we currently do with the shuttle could probably be done at 1/10 the cost if we used a more suitable launch system.