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Nugget · 12-07-2005, 08:47

I was reading about this in the paper at the weekend. According to the article, NASA are using part of the operation to see if the shuttles could be repaired (if necessary) in space. However, it also said that there are rumours that, for safe flight, NASA would be better off using the old Soviet Soyuz capsules instead of the shuttles.

There's also apparently some resentment amongst the other space agencies that, having ploughed billions of dollars into the International Space Station for the purposes of research, the US pretty much just want to use it as a waypoint for inter-planetary flight.

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Nugget That damn leprechaun!! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Punmeister Towers Age: 33 Services: Will provides gags for cash Posts: 8,693	Re: Nasa to resume Shuttle Flights I was reading about this in the paper at the weekend. According to the article, NASA are using part of the operation to see if the shuttles could be repaired (if necessary) in space. However, it also said that there are rumours that, for safe flight, NASA would be better off using the old Soviet Soyuz capsules instead of the shuttles. There's also apparently some resentment amongst the other space agencies that, having ploughed billions of dollars into the International Space Station for the purposes of research, the US pretty much just want to use it as a waypoint for inter-planetary flight. __________________ The doctor told me that BOTH my eyes were lazy! And that's why it was the best summer ever.