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US Senate Allows NASA To Buy Soyuz Vehicles

Posted by Zonk on from the maintenance-in-spaaaaace dept.

arc.light writes "According to a report at Space.com, the US Senate voted to allow NASA to buy Russian Soyuz vehicles for the purpose of servicing the International Space Station. Because Russia continues to assist Iran with its nuclear energy and ballistic missile programs, NASA would otherwise not be allowed to buy Russian hardware by the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000. The US House of Representatives still needs to give its approval before NASA can make such a purchase."

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  1. Good News by sd_diamond · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is just in the nick of time, because Crazy Ivan's Space Capsule Clearance House announced a sale for next week.

  2. Not like it matters.... by MachDelta · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Components. American components, Russian Components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!"

  3. Obligatory by SeaFox · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Soviet Russia...

    We fly the Americans to space.

  4. Re:Sad state of our Nation by HermanAB · · Score: 2, Funny

    Before supplying the rest of the world with top class managers, you'll have to break them out of jail first...

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    Oh well, what the hell...
  5. Re:Simple by bhiestand · · Score: 2, Funny

    who blame everything on Clinton, Carter, Johnson, Kennedy, Truman, or FDR (notice a pattern there?).
    C, C, J, K, T, F...
    C, C, J, K, T, F...
    I don't see it.

    Wait, maybe you mean numerical pattern:
    68, 68, 74, 75, 84, 70.

    Still don't see it.

    Clinton, Carter, Johnson, Kennedy, Truman, FDR..
    Womanizer, Do-gooder, War President, Womanizer, Do-gooder, War President!!!

    Was that it?

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    SWM seeks new sig for a brief fling
  6. Now check the dates by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 2, Funny
    When was the last fatality with the soyuz? How many decades ago do you say? Many a /.er wasn't even born yet?

    The entire space race is more about propaganda and carefully chosen facts then about real accomplisments.

    I see it very simple, US has the money, USSR got the tech. The cold war is over so why no cooperate for once. When the two worked together before they succesfully killed a lot of germans. Maybe the new US operated soyuz will be a commercial sucess. Or maybe it will crash on germany. Either way the world wins.

    For interest of full disclosure, any country that started two of the two world wars should not now seek a seat on the security council. The proper role for such country is to be quiet.

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    MMO Quests are like orgasms:

    You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.