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NASA May Hire Japanese Spacecraft For ISS Service Mission
schliz writes "NASA is talking to Japan's space agency about using one of its spacecraft for servicing missions to the International Space Station, according to Japanese media reports. NASA has been considering various options to maintain its commitment to the Space Station after the Space Shuttle is retired from service in 2010. According to Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, 'unofficial negotiations' between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) began in February."
It is on NASA's site, though. Searching Google for some text from the press release yielded this link.
It should be illegal to say that freedom of speech should be limited.
Actually, NASA has said they're not going to use Japan. http://www.livescience.com/blogs/author/tariqmalik/
From my email yesterday:
From: NASA News (hqnews@mediaservices.nasa.gov)
Sent: Mon 7/21/08 4:00 PM
To: NASA News (hqnews@mediaservices.nasa.gov)
July 21, 2008
John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602
John.yembrick-1@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 08-181
STATEMENT ON INACCURATE REPORTS ABOUT JAPANESE CARGO SERVICES
WASHINGTON -- Contrary to news reports, NASA has not officially or
unofficially been discussing the purchase of H-II Transfer Vehicles
(HTV) -- uninhabited resupply cargo ships for the space station --
from the Japanese Space Agency, or JAXA.
NASA is committed to domestic commercial cargo resupply to the space
station and does not plan to procure cargo delivery services from
Japan. As part of our original agreements as compensation for common
system operating costs NASA has limited cargo capability on the
Japanese and European cargo vehicles. NASA has recently issued a
request for proposal for the cargo needs of International Space
Station beyond those supplied by our current international
agreements. NASA has chosen to depend on commercial resupply of cargo
delivery to the station.
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