Energia Reveals New Russian Spacecraft

colonist writes "Russian space officials unveiled a full-scale model of the Kliper spaceship. If funding is provided, Kliper will replace the Soyuz space capsule as Russia's human space vehicle. The spaceship, designed by RKK Energia, is twice the size of the Soyuz and will carry a crew of six. It has two main parts: a reusable re-entry craft with a lifting body design, and an orbital module. Like the Soyuz, it has a rocket to pull the spaceship away from the launch vehicle in an emergency. See this photo gallery, Encyclopedia Astronautica and RussianSpaceWeb.com."

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Re:The US's Space Program

[Snuffub]

Now that's completely unfair, this administration is working hard every single day to curtail the rights of it's citizens. That alone takes a lot of energy. When you add on the absolutly necissary costs of making sure two guys named frank never exchange wedding vows and the dedicated effort to squash the scientific community its just no wonder we dont have time and energy to waste on trivial things like "exploring"

Re:The US's Space Program

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, the US has definitely liberated several thousand Iraqi civilians from the burden of breathing.