From: Adam 

George Sherwood wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:40:30 +0100, Adam wrote:
>
>
>> The Russians are getting back up. No real controls on tech transfer &
>> they're beavering away with the PRC on all things electronic (& possibly
>> India). Heck youz guyz can't even run a reliable space program so.....
>
> And exactly how would have you gotten this latest truss to the space
> station?  Many of the recent Russian launches have looked so great either.
> Of course there manned program hasn't really chanced much in many years.
> Three men in a can.

As opposed to an entire space program grounded? Tell me, how much does it
cost to launch a shuttle vs the cost of scrapping the can every time?

Adam

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