Soyuz spacecraft to cost NASA $65 million

http://en.rian.ru/science/20050818/41182925.html ^

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

"The United States cannot currently buy the craft because of a U.S. law banning airspace equipment purchases from certain countries."

How about we just copy the design like the Russia's did with the shuttle.

[FreedomCalls]

The United States cannot currently buy the craft because of a U.S. law banning airspace equipment purchases from certain countries.

Just lease it and return it when we are done with it.

[BoBToMatoE]

LOL, how true...

On a side note, say what you want to about the Russians, but they have learned about capitalism in a hurry. Supply and demand, baby. :)

[NCC-1701]

The Apollo spacecraft could, if need arose, hold five people. There was only one time it might have been used as a rescue craft. That was during the second Skylab flight. Some attitude thrusters quit working on the service module and it was thought that the crew may have been endangered. Turns out, they had a workaround proceedure and the rest is in the history books.

[billorites]

Jeez,

Throw in a Manhattan taxi medallion and you've got a deal.

[billorites]

"The Apollo spacecraft could, if need arose, hold five people."

My first car was a 1973 Ford Pinto Hatchback.

Way more contemporary technology than the Apollo spacecraft.

Plus, no none ever got "lucky" in the back seat of the Apollo.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

"say what you want to about the Russians"

The Russian people are very smart, and they can do amazing thing with very little money.

[quantim]

That's cheap compared to what fat Ted costs this country every year. Of course we have a hundred targets, just thought to start out with a killer of many things - young woman, economy, hope, freedom, pile on.

[CGTRWK]

Conversely, NASA does very little things with amazing money.

[newzjunkey]

First class accommodations, that Soyuz!

[KellyAdmirer]

I like how they throw a Russian cosmonaut in as part of the bargain. I guess that goes along with the upgraded cd player, the whitewalls and the crushed velour seating.

[skeptoid]

Yea, but they've saved our bacon before and they probably will again.

What was the figure NASA spent make the insulation stick?

And did it stick?

Although you may have to look around to find where it lands, Soyuz has a better survival rate in recent years.

Not very ergo, though, as you illustrate.

[Delta 21]

But this is way cooler than a 1973 Ford Pinto Hatchback.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

If NASA can't figure it out, Russia will take their place.

[Smokin' Joe]

But WAIT! There's MORE! .....(it also sharpens knives!)...

[KevinDavis]

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

In the Space business that is a modest amount of money!

[KevinDavis]

Imagine if we had something better than the shuttle....

[fallujah-nuker]

We had a similar design, the GE Apollo:
http://www.astronautix.com/articles/wastolen.htm

[Frank_Discussion]

Oh. With the flames at the rear, I thought it was a 1973 Ford Pinto Hatchback...