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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. Re:Sending the Russians home by pe1rxq · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Because he went up in a Soyuz capsule???

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  2. Re:Sending the Russians home by gl4ss · · Score: 4, Insightful

    well.. maybe he would agree because he looked at the safety records and put 1 and 1 together.

    sojuz works.

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  3. Shuttle Visit by HedRat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They said that the new crew is getting ready for the first Shuttle visit since the accident. I'm glad the shuttle will be flying again.

    1. Re:Shuttle Visit by Anonym0us+Cow+Herd · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Soyuz may have a better safety record, but it is far less effective than the Shuttle at keeping our aerospace contractors fat and happy.

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    2. Re:Shuttle Visit by WetCat · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Although it's really good news that shuttle fleet will fly again, it's actually not for long...
      A pity, shuttles are very old now and none are in production to replace them.

  4. Re:wow. by Quasar1999 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    oh lighten up... it's called a joke...

    Yes reentering the earths atmosphere is a lot more dangerous... but there'd be a 100% death rate if we all couldn't laugh every once in a while... sheesh.

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