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US to Pay to go to ISS
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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Russia has also announced that it expects the US to hold up to its end of the bargain and commit to finishing its sections of the International Space Station.
Oh wait, that's right, the US is building almost the entire thing...
We're building the dang thing, keeping it in orbit, and paying for most of it. Now they're going to get all mad about it and charge us to get up there right now?
Screw them. Let the thing fall. Let's not waste any more money on a gloified Mir.
Ideally each country was to chip in for the ISS. The US has already done more than its share IIRC.
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jez, this is just another sign of the US empire's decline...
Let's be fair and charge them rent in form of flights to the US, er, "International" Space station.
how excally does 'mankind' benifit from by going into space? the only reason anyone went there in the first place (if they actually did), was to show up the other guys. It has never been about cooperation, rather it's all about the competition and screwing over the other guy.
one small step for mankind my ass.
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Pssst, I'll let you in on a little secret, Bush isn't very bright. He's little more than a puppet for Neocons.
Why don't you just move to France, you fucking liberal faggot?
It has taken two so-called space tourists into space in recent years for $20m each, and Mr Perminov said Russia was in discussions to send two more tourists in 2006.
IN SOVIET RUSSIA, SPACE TOURS YOU!!
Has anyone repaid America for anything America has done for them (france world war ii)... America, it seems, just hands out money to whoever for whatever. So.. this isn't really a surprise, is it?
Evolution is a state-sponsored, state-protected religion.
Perhaps we should rename the space station then. How does everyone like the acronym for American Space Station?
Shut the fuck up, you fucking dumbshit.
what a suprise for me to read such comments. what a suprise...
i've heard that usa wants to go to mars, is it right? how are you going there, guys? by amtrak train? or may be the same way like you did your famous trips to iraq - by big galaxys from lockheed, or may be on nimitz? unfortunately nimitz it's huge enough to scare poor iraqies, but not applicable for space traveling, just remind you.
for last two years russia was doing all, i must emphasize, all flights to iss. more than that - russian space-suits were in use for all open space activities, even for usa' astronauts (what a ugly name you guys invented!). i shouldn't say anything about technologies and more - experience - what usa got for free from russia, and already using it for quite long period.
usa may be powerfull country to conquer iraq and afganistan, but not to conquer space. you have obvious lack of smart people - begining from your president and ending by your nasa' head. with such a enourmous nasa budget it's impossible to do not make foolproof and reliable shuttle, even paul allen could make it with much less money. nasa farted all.
that's all why russia stops doing all stuff for "free". why "free"? because it wasn't free - russia was paying back. now it's time to dictate our rules.
prepare to loose iss control, cow boys...
Yeah, because we all know how bush has ceased the election of governors, and has consolidated the press and much of private industry under government control. And we've been attempting to interfere with soveriegn elections what disagreed wih Washington policy. Also, we have not been acting as if the world was our enemy, just terrorists, and their backers. meanwhile, Putin is distancing Russia further and further from democracy. but hey who the fuck cares right, BUSH=BAD.
Putin is leadng Russia towards fascism, deal with it. the US is not the greatest evil in the world. I can't see how Europeans can get so outraged over the patriot act and visit us, but claim that islamofascism is just the culture of the middle east and its their god given right to mutilate, stone, and otherwise oppress their women, ethnic minorities, and political dissidents. but hey, the US toppled Saddam, so we're worse than the Nazis.
Why do i even bother feeding the trolls?
Thats odd, I don't remember either company having the technology to get 400 miles up. When did that happen?
Oh yeah, aerofoils don't do shit when there is no atmosphere. Becomes tricker then, yes?
Yes, because conversing with someone named "king-manic" is always the path to enlightement. And smearing the French offends you? Please, at a lecture given by Douglas Adams I once attended even HE was making frog jokes. And this summer I was at a concert and a drunken Canadian barfed on my shoes before passing out in a pool of his own piss and vomit (them Canadians, they love themselves some Nickelback, weird), so consider us even for you getting spit on. Christ, in California even...they're damn near Canadian anyway. One would think you'd consider them kindred spirits.
If you thought that the fucking URLs were "worth checking", why the fuck didn't you make them proper fucking links? Are you that fucking lazy? Or just a fucking ignorant stupid fucking cunt? Goddam fucking pissant motherfucking piss-drinking fucking asswipe.
Three to one we could get Bush to use it in a speech before noticing the problem with it.
"I object to doing things that computers can do." -- Olin Shivers, lispers.org
aah the american abilities of ignorance, prejudice and how to put your fingers in your ears while screaming " na na na im not listening! " never ceases to amaze me. :/. the worlds pretty much doomed heh
thankfully in a couple of decades they wont be the leading superpower, continuing the way they`re going. However the one we'll get in return isnt that much better
Chernopol maybe?
The USA spends about $38 billion a year on forign aid, and very rarely gets anything back. Must help between nations be entirely one-sided?
Thanks I was fishing for your double standard responses. First the original poster pointed out that Americans are evil because some moron came up with Freedom Fries. Yes that makes sense. I pointed out that a few Frenchman spray painted swastikas on American graves in Normandy (Fox News ? Try The Guardian) , knowing that it was a few boneheads, probably kids not an entire people/nation. you see? It's OK to bash all Americans for the %51 who are morons, but according to your standards, you can't apply the same logic to anyone else.
"I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator"-Adolf Hitler or George W Bush?