Re: Will Russians rule space?

From: Len Lekx (LFLekx_at_NOSPAM.rogers.com)
Date: 02/03/05


Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 23:18:45 -0500

On 2 Feb 2005 18:02:01 -0800, anzaurres@hotmail.com wrote:

>> It's news to me that the Russians are flying their shuttle. ­I had
>> thought that they never had dared even fly it one time with ­any
>>humans on board. Am I wrong?
>Have you ever heard of the Soyuz spacecraft? Here is something for you
>to ponder:

   Hate to break it to you, but Soyuz ain't a Shuttle. The capsules
don't get refurbished to fly again. (Do they...?)



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