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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. the important thing is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this might be a first (post) for nasa

  2. politics is teh sux by gcnaddict · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thank god our senate knows when not to be stupid Maybe they shouldve used their minds the same way when they sent us to war

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  3. Hands off Iran by johansalk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Iran is not as bad as the Bush administration claims. A key US ally boils people alive and the US rewards him with very generous aid. "Our Presidents New Best Friend Boils People Alive WARNING horrific images of torture! http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39 43.htm )

    Iran on the other hand, amongst many things, gave us many humanist movies such as Kandahar about Afghanistan, on Time's best 100 movies of all time http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/0,23220,ka ndahar,00.html and Turtles Can Fly about Kurdish Iraq http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic le?AID=/20050414/REVIEWS/50324002/1023 Iran is *not* evil, nor is Chavez. Hands off!

  4. lol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bus burned up on i45
    how long until the old lady smell goes away?

  5. Re:Stop The Politics Stories!!!! by CyricZ · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Some members of the Slashdot community have called for Zonk to be replaced by TripMaster Monkey.

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  6. Uh, Iran's pretty evil by mcc · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Iranians are giving us some great art, writing and cinema, but it's despite the best efforts of the government.

    Like those great political films coming from Iran? Okay, have you noticed how many of these films are about the repressive nature of the state and culture within which those filmmakers live? And have you noticed the extent to which those filmmakers have to be jailed, executed, etc in order to express themselves? The good things you're seeing coming out of Iran aren't the signs of a good place, they're the signs of a bad place with a good dissident community. The fact that the dissidents can sometimes overcome the climate of censorship does not make the climate of censorship okay.

    The American military and government definitely does not have the interests of the Iranians at heart right now. Iranians arguably are freer right now than the Iraqis under American rule, and if America assumed control of Iran then you can bet that among the fog of war the the burgeoning Iranian dissident movement would be hurt. But if you try to wish away the evils of the Iranian government because "at least they're not the U.S.", then you are acting against the interests of those Iranian filmmakers you like so much. The enemy of your enemy is not your friend.

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    1. Re:Uh, Iran's pretty evil by johansalk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      If you want to see repressive governments you only need to look at key US allies such as Uzbekestan and Saudi Arabia. Iran had a calming influence in Iraq, in fact, Iran can be thanked for the remarkable restraint the Shias had despite the terrorism against them (Sadr and Mahdi army are anti-Iran). On the other hand, the Saudi government has been too happy to export its repressed and disillusioned youth to die in Iraq instead of bothering the Saudi royals, friends of Bush.

  7. Re:Stop The Politics Stories!!!! by WilliamSChips · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'd vote for him if he told me how he gets +4 or +5 on just about every one of his posts.

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  8. That would be me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    TMM should replace Zonk. Seriously, he could really do something great for slashdot. Bring back its golden years or something.

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