Energia Reveals New Russian Spacecraft

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Energia Reveals New Russian Spacecraft

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 1, 2004 @04:34AM from the it's-only-a-model dept.

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 by Freexe · 2004-12-01 04:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Well we have free healthcare for all ;)

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Ob. by DarthVain · 2004-12-01 05:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

In Soviet Russia Spacecraft reveal New Energia?
Required In Soviet Russia Joke (bad) by Warthog9 · 2004-12-01 05:02 · Score: 1, Offtopic

In Soviet Russia, Energia reveals you!

Sorry this is bad all the way around.
Re:The US's Space Program by The_Hun · 2004-12-01 05:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

because they think they have some say in US elections Yes, they have. The result of the US elections are felt all over the world, that's why almost everyone has an opinion about Ami politics. And many of the a ROTW-people (ROTW to you, because to me - here in Europe - you are the ROTW fellah) even have the power of affecting US politics - think of Russian "businessmen" paying for presidential campaigns or terrorists with well timed attacks.

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Re:The US's Space Program by deesine · 2004-12-01 05:25 · Score: 0, Offtopic

And several MILLION from the burden of Saddam. But you don't want to hear about that , do you?

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Makes all the difference in the world.... by Ellis+D.+Tripp · 2004-12-01 05:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic

When AMERICANS run the rape rooms and torture chambers, it provides opportunities to shovel tax money into the private sector to pay for all those "contractors" and "advisors" from DynCorp, CACI, Titan, etc.

http://warprofiteers.com/article.php?id=11285

When the Iraqis did it, all American corporations got to do was sell them weapons...

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Re:The US's Space Program by OwnedByTwoCats · 2004-12-01 05:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Ahh, moral equivalence in action: US abuses at AbuG are just as bad as Saddam torturing/killing tens of thousands of his own people. Gimme a break

Saddam torturing/killing tens of thousands of his own people is despicable. Coalition forces killing tens of thousands of Iraqis, though, is what, exactly?

Worse, because they and Saddam posed no threat to us and we took actions that killed them needlessly?

Not so bad, because we're Right and our actions are Good no matter what happens?