As NASA Seeks Next Mission, Russia Holds the Trump Card

Geoffrey.landis (926948) writes "After the space shuttle retired in 2011, Russia has hiked the price of a trip to the International Space Station, to $71 million per seat. Less well recognized is the disparity in station crews. Before the shuttle stopped flying, an equal number of American and Russian crew members lived on board. But afterwards the bear began squeezing. For every two NASA astronauts that have flown to the station, three Russians have gone. Eric Burger asks, how did it come to this?"

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I blame consumer product safety laws

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Not enough idiots killing themselves, now we have a surplus of lawyers overrunning our gubbamint. Simple cause and effect.

BRING BACK JARTS TO PROTECT THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLIC!