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US to Pay to go to ISS

Posted by samzenpus on from the buy-a-pass dept.

forgotten_my_nick writes "According to BBC News, Russia has announced that it will no longer ferry US astronauts to space for free (It has been doing so for two years). From 2006 the US will be expected to pay."

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  1. Frequent flyer miles? by alpha1125 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do the astronauts get frequent flyer miles for this trip?

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    Money cannot buy happiness, but can buy something soo darn close, that you can't really tell the difference
  2. Reminds me of that Texas/Bush-ite Bumper Sticker by glomph · · Score: 4, Funny

    on the pickup trucks with the gun racks:

    "Gas, Grass, or Ass, Nobody Rides for Free!"

  3. Re:White Elephant by qbwiz · · Score: 5, Funny

    They were planning on studying the effects of starvation in space, but the Russians managed to screw up the experiment.

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  4. Re:WTG Russia. by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "how excally does 'mankind' benifit from by going into space?"

    Well, according to TV, most of the stuff I bought was a direct result of space travel.

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    "Derp de derp."
  5. Re:Well then. by freeze128 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps we should rename the space station then. How does everyone like the acronym for American Space Station? Hmmm... Maybe not such a good idea.

  6. Re:Well then. by hazem · · Score: 4, Funny

    One shuttle flight - $300M
    One Russian flight - $20M

    If the shuttle fleet weren't grounded, each US flight would cost as much as, what, 60 Russian launches.

    PLEASE tell me you don't work at NASA. 300 / 20 = 15... or maybe you're using metric?