Re: BBC reports no more free Soyuz flights

From: Christopher (auem28REMOVE_at_REMOVEdsl.pipex.com)
Date: 12/30/04


Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:11:31 GMT

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 01:08:02 +0100, jacob navia
<jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> wrote:

>gigantino@speakeasy.net wrote:
>
>> The BBC is reporting that after the 2006 contract completion, the
>> Russian space agency will only fly US astronauts on a commercial basis.
>
>Well, they learned capitalism fairly quickly isn't it?
>
>You wanted a capitalist Russia, now you got it!
>
>Why should they ferry americans for free?
>
So if "I" came alone with my $14,000,000 for a week long trip to the
ISS like Tito did, I wouldn't be able to go?

Christopher
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