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

[deesine]

Several thousand have been liberated from breathing.
Several million have been liberated from Saddam.
Seems like a good ratio to me.

Re:The US's Space Program

[deesine]

" It makes little difference whether its Americans or Iraqis who run the torture chambers at Abu Ghraib."

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.

Shuttle notwithstanding,

[StarKruzr]

this Russian Kliper design is excellent. If NASA were smart they would jump on the Russian project and ask to co-develop it with them, it appears they've already done a lot of the research legwork.

Sadly, however, NASA's culture is far too arrogant to do something that smart.