[Paradox]

The Russians have alot of experience and technical capability, we could always use the help!

[Pikamax]

read for later.

[RightWhale]

If Russia wants to tag along, they are more than welcome.

[Frank_Discussion]

Yes. AS CONTRACTORS, Not PARTNERS. Keep them out of the Critical Path to success.

[Hodar]

[BenLurkin]

Not just Russia: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1058718/posts

[Puppage]

Bush's New Space Plan Excites Russia

Russia gets excited about Levi jeans, too.

[Viking2002]

God knows that the Russians have oodles more experience in long-term space missions, and they have the heavy-lift launch vehicles, to boot. If they can keep up with the timetable, and keep politics out of it, they could provide a significant boost (no pun intended) to Bush's plan. I'd certainly rather have the Russains involved, than the French or Chinese. The Japanese and Brits may want to kick in, too, if just for the prestige.

[Hunble]

I just spent a few hours debating this subject with a person in Germany.

His only argument was "President Bush is for it, so it must be wrong!"

Then I challenged him on his scientific knowledge about Mars.

This morning, I was watching "Fox and Friends" and they did even not know that Mars had an atmosphere.

They never noticed that this robotic mission to Mars used a parachute?

Dust storms lasting over 6 months and obliterating all but the highest volcanoes, dust devils leaving dark streaks along the landscape and sand dunes all over the place. Nope, no weather there.

Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade and E.D. Hill were tying to tell us this morning that Mars did not an atmospher or any weather.

This is why exploration of space is so vital - education!

Seriously, there is absolutely no excuse for any American adult today, to not know that Mars has an atmosphere with active weather.

NO EXCUSE!

Space exporation is expensive? Absolutly!

E.D Hill, please explain to us what benifits a telivision station is to us humans?

AOL Time Warner Inc. (nyse: AOL - news - people ) is expected to write off several billion dollars -- on top of the record $54 billion charge it took last year -- increasing the strain on its balance sheet, analysts and investors say.

Not $54 billion invested towards the advancement of humans, but LOST because of poor choices.

Tell us once again why telivision is so much important and worth the LOSS of $54 billion?

Inquiring minds would like to know....

[Neophyte]

they could quickly develop spacecraft for...

"Quickly developed" (space)craft?! Thank you but no, thank you.

I wonder, how quickly the Kursk vessel was developed...

[Mr. Mojo]

Like other Russian space officials, Mikhailichenko held out hope that the United States will tap Russian know-how while building future spacecraft. "It would be unfeasible to do such work alone," he said.

Unfeasible, no. We've undertaking manned missions to another world without any help, as we've proven numerous times. .....The only country to have done so, in fact. But Russian help would sure be appreciated.