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Russia, US can collaborate in Mars exploration: Putin
AP ^ | 1.27.04 | AFP

Posted on 01/26/2004 2:32:41 PM PST by ambrose

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1 posted on 01/26/2004 2:32:41 PM PST by ambrose
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To: Phil V.
ping
2 posted on 01/26/2004 2:32:52 PM PST by ambrose
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To: ambrose
Nyet.
3 posted on 01/26/2004 2:34:17 PM PST by LibWhacker (<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/">Miserable Failure</a>)
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To: ambrose
I like your new toy. Can I play with it?
4 posted on 01/26/2004 2:36:15 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
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To: RussianConservative; RusIvan; A. Pole
*Ping*!
5 posted on 01/26/2004 2:36:43 PM PST by Pubbie (We would have the WMDs if Powell and Rice hadn't made a 6 month UN detour)
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To: ambrose
On to the UN and then the United Federation of Planets...
6 posted on 01/26/2004 2:37:14 PM PST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: ambrose
Can't we enter into an alliance with the Vulcans instead?
7 posted on 01/26/2004 2:37:57 PM PST by Young Rhino (http://www.artofdivorce.com)
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To: ElkGroveDan
I'd rather disband NASA and use the money for Tax Cuts.

Space travel won't really be profitable until somenone figures out how to make spaceships that can (Safely) travel much faster than the speed of light.
8 posted on 01/26/2004 2:38:01 PM PST by Pubbie (We would have the WMDs if Powell and Rice hadn't made a 6 month UN detour)
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To: Pubbie
Space travel won't really be profitable until somenone figures out how to make spaceships that can (Safely) travel much faster than the speed of light.

And just how is that going to happen in the absence of research and exploration? That's like saying let's not bother developing an Internet, because it isn't very practical to use at 300 baud.

9 posted on 01/26/2004 2:40:18 PM PST by ambrose
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To: ambrose
The private sector will figure it out - the government shouldn't be involved
10 posted on 01/26/2004 2:42:02 PM PST by Pubbie (We would have the WMDs if Powell and Rice hadn't made a 6 month UN detour)
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To: Pubbie; Prime Choice
Space travel won't really be profitable until somenone figures out how to make spaceships that can (Safely) travel much faster than the speed of light.

Oh come on, can't we have a serious discussion here?

11 posted on 01/26/2004 2:42:09 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
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To: ambrose
Moscow was capable of launching its own Mars mission...

Knock yourself out Mr. Putin.

While you are at it, why not help the Chinese out along the way.

With Russia's safety record, Major Tom will have some company.

12 posted on 01/26/2004 2:43:00 PM PST by Only1choice____Freedom (The word system implies they have done something the same way at least twice)
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Oh come on, can't we have a serious discussion here?

Absolutely, I mean Kirk hasn't even been born yet.

13 posted on 01/26/2004 2:44:06 PM PST by Only1choice____Freedom (The word system implies they have done something the same way at least twice)
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To: ElkGroveDan
I'm holding out for hyperspace travel. I want to reach all points in the universe simultaneously. Until then, forget it!
14 posted on 01/26/2004 2:44:09 PM PST by Zack Nguyen
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To: Only1choice____Freedom
"With Russia's safety record"

They have a better safety record than we do, thats a fact!!
15 posted on 01/26/2004 2:46:56 PM PST by DFW_Repub
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To: ambrose
I dunno, I kinda like an idea I saw somewhere (prolly capmag.com).

Give the entire planet to the first person to live on mars for a year (privately) and return to earth alive to collect.

16 posted on 01/26/2004 2:48:43 PM PST by anobjectivist (The natural rights of people are more basic than those currently considered)
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To: joesnuffy
The fictional United Federation of Planets was essentially an American run operation before they decided to make it politically correct in the 1980s.
17 posted on 01/26/2004 2:48:55 PM PST by ambrose
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To: DFW_Repub
=== They have a better safety record than we do, thats a fact!!


It is?



My guess is we get to pay -- a la International Space Station -- so they can play Capitalist meanwhile and line up glass-bottom capsule tours of the Red Planet.
18 posted on 01/26/2004 2:50:01 PM PST by Askel5
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To: Pubbie
I don't agree. For one thing, I see manned space flight capabilities as a matter of national defense. We'll eventually have a militarized fleet in space. Either the Chinese we'll do it first or we will.
19 posted on 01/26/2004 2:50:29 PM PST by ambrose
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To: DFW_Repub
They have a better safety record than we do, thats a fact!!

Look again. They don't count landing deaths as space deaths. We don't even know how many have died in the process of designing and manufacturing the rockets and all the sattelites. The U.S. has made everything public. Even our failures. Russia has yet to expose everything because of security concerns.

When you factor in the ratio of successful flights to deaths, they have a much higher ratio of deaths per # of flights.

20 posted on 01/26/2004 2:55:41 PM PST by Only1choice____Freedom (The word system implies they have done something the same way at least twice)
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