To: presidio9
"Russia can overtake USA," an anchorwoman on state television said Thursday, echoing comments the previous day by a top Russian space official who said that Moscow is capable of placing a man on Mars within 10 years at one tenth of the cost of reported US plans.
Much money can be saved by eliminating triple redundant back-up systems and other non-essentials. Just ask the crew of the Kursk.
8 posted on
01/15/2004 2:09:10 PM PST by
ffusco
(Maecilius Fuscus,Governor of Longovicium , Manchester, England. 238-244 AD)
To: ffusco
Much money can be saved by eliminating triple redundant back-up systems and other non-essentials. Just ask the crew of the Kursk. Yep. Also note that the Russian spokescritter only said that Russia could get a man to Mars. They conveniently left out any mention of bringing him back alive.
12 posted on
01/15/2004 2:52:15 PM PST by
Prime Choice
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