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Russian Invasion of Georgia Might Jeopardize Space Station

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-can't-get-there-from-here dept.

mknewman writes "Sen. Bill Nelson, one of NASA's biggest proponents on the Hill, is openly questioning how Russia's military intervention in Georgia will affect our access to the space station after the Shuttle is retired in 2010. Currently, NASA is able to use Soyuz vehicles for crew access and lifeboat operations thanks to an exemption from the Iran Non-Proliferation Act. The exemption expires in 2011, only one year after the Shuttle is due to head to the museums."

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  1. Re:Russia has ultimate weapon. by bendodge · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They have more than the Saudis.

    So do we in the US, but we aren't allowed to touch it. Those fish are more important than humans you know.

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  2. Re:moral decline by polar+red · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Compare the borders between France and germany, with the same orders in 1937

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  3. Re:Russia has ultimate weapon. by MightyMartian · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Then stop starting wars. Serbia has a rather sordid history of starting things that others have to finish.

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  4. Re:Russia has ultimate weapon. by MightyMartian · · Score: 0, Redundant

    He was an ethnic Russian (his mother was a native Georgian, as I recall). Long before Stalin came along the Russians were colonizing these border regions. Stalin just sped up the process.

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