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Title: Liftoff! US, Russia Launch Historic One-Year Space Mission
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Space.com
URL Source: http://www.space.com/28954-one-year-space-station-crew-launches.html
Published: Mar 27, 2015
Author: Miriam Kramer
Post Date: 2015-03-27 20:46:14 by VxH
Keywords: None
Views: 1722
Comments: 7
An American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut launched into space Friday to attempt something their two countries have never done together before: a one-year mission on the International Space Station that could help one day send humans to Mars. The epic one-year space mission launched NASA's Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule at 3:42 p.m. EDT (1942 GMT) today (March 27) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it was early Saturday morning local time. Also flying on the Soyuz is cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, a crewmember who will live and work aboard the orbiting outpost for about six months, the usual length of time people spend on the station. "A year in space starts now...
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#1. To: VxH (#0)
So, Russia and America continue to cooperate on the most complicated thing in the world. That's good.
Laika, Russian space dog 1957.
Yep. Apollo-Soyuz!
We really don't have much choice. We share ISS with them and we have not yet developed an alternate to the retired Space Shuttle program. We are dependent on them for transportation of astronauts and supplies to and from ISS .We pay them well for the taxi service. Private space companies are busy designing and testing alternatives. SpaceX has already delivered supplies . But no alternative for human transportation has been developed to the point of approval. So for better or worse ;we fly on Soyuz . Meanwhile the Russians are planning their own national space station ,with the goal of being ready by 2024 . http://spacenews.com/russia-and-its-modules-to-part-ways-with-iss-in-2024/
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
We have the choice: suspend space exploration to rebuild our own capacity, or until our budget is in order. We always have a choice.
The Chinese are expected to launch their own space station by 2020 (coincidently when the ISS is scheduled to become obsolete) So Ted Cruz will have plenty of time to downsize and outsource NASA expertise to help them in that endeavor.
We always have a choice. I have no problem with handing over low Earth orbit to private transportation ,research ,and exploration. NASA has done stellar work with deep space discovery and with robotics.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
#2. To: VxH (#0)
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: Vicomte13 (#1)
That's good.
#4. To: Vicomte13 (#1)
So, Russia and America continue to cooperate on the most complicated thing in the world. That's good.
#5. To: tomder55 (#4)
#6. To: Vicomte13 (#5)
We always have a choice.
#7. To: Vicomte13 (#5)
We have the choice: suspend space exploration to rebuild our own capacity, or until our budget is in order.
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