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Russia to De-Orbit International Space Station (De-Orbit=Demolish)
Yahoo News ^ | 7/27/2011 | Yahoo News

Posted on 07/27/2011 4:21:24 PM PDT by Dallas59

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia plans to de-orbit the mammoth International Space Station in a controlled descent into the Pacific in 2020, a top space official said Wednesday.

Deputy head of Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos Vitaly Davydov said that the station "cannot be left in orbit" after it stops operation.

He said in a web-posted statement that the station will have to be de-orbited in a "planned crash so that there is no space junk left behind."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: deorbit; iss; russia; space; spacestation
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1 posted on 07/27/2011 4:21:29 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

I guess the international space station belongs to them now since they are the only ones that can get to it.


2 posted on 07/27/2011 4:23:17 PM PDT by jpsb
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To: Dallas59

If it is abandoned and not to be used again, it would be irresponsible to allow it to possibly fall on a populated area.


3 posted on 07/27/2011 4:24:54 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: jpsb

Apparently. But it’s only fair....The cost of one shuttle trip could feed thousands of Muslims..../s


4 posted on 07/27/2011 4:25:15 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2011)
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To: Dallas59

after it stops operation.


5 posted on 07/27/2011 4:26:25 PM PDT by steveo (PETO-VT-IN-MARI-SVB-CRVCE-AVSTRALI-SEPELIAR)
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To: Dallas59

It should not be allowed to go out of commission. It should evolve, grow, adapt, change over time. New modules can be added, old ones removed. Much easier to build with something to start with then to start from scratch once again.


6 posted on 07/27/2011 4:28:09 PM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: Dallas59

Good thing the Ruskies don’t have to deal with the EPA and Greenpeace. That thing is bound to be full of hazardous materials.

There must be a way to blame Bush.


7 posted on 07/27/2011 4:31:17 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. That should be a convenience store, not a Government Agency.)
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To: jpsb

And now, for the next 8 years, anything gained from the space station (information, etc.) belongs to the Russians also, as well as any significant discoveries, etc. Thanks, Obama. Snarl.


8 posted on 07/27/2011 4:31:17 PM PDT by CitizenM (He who is silent is understood to consent)
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To: jpsb
No, we are going to be back to launching our own crews up there before three years is out. We've had longer pauses in space travel. Boeing, SpaceX, and Dream Chaser will be flying by 2015.
9 posted on 07/27/2011 4:31:59 PM PDT by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Isn’t it interesting that this comment comes one week after the last shuttle has landed.

This announcement could have been made jointly in 2018 or even later.

I cannot believe the poor level of leadership this nation has had.

Super collider gone. Space program gone. Half or Navy gone. The F22 cancelled. The F35 on the chopping block. The rest of the military on the chopping block. Manufacturing jobs gone. Other jobs being outsourced. Our borders wide open. Foreign nationals dictating how we conduct our business.

Our nation being bankrupted so we can never pursue these goals again.

It’s quite difficult to take in what Washington has done, and not be the slightest bit negative about our nation’s future.

This isn’t just mis-management, it’s a concerted effort!


10 posted on 07/27/2011 4:33:20 PM PDT by DoughtyOne ($1.8 tril yearly deficits = $18 tril in ten years. So now we're proposing $4 tril in cuts? Really?)
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To: Dallas59
Why is Russia making this decision? I thought it was an "international" space station?

Well, in any event, it's one of the last items in the Hopi prophecies.

"You will hear of a dwelling house in the heavens, above the earth, that shall fall with a great crash. It will appear as a blue star. Very soon after this, the ceremonies of my people shall cease. These are the signs of the great destruction that is coming."

- 9th part of the Hopi Blue Star (or Blue Kachina) prophecy, by White Feather

11 posted on 07/27/2011 4:34:25 PM PDT by Talisker (History will show the Illuminati won the ultimate Darwin Award.)
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To: StolarStorm

Don’t tell the government. Excellent airborne weapons platforms like the F-16 and F/A-18 could have been upgraded with canards, thrust vectoring exhaust, and the shape changed with external panels to make them more stealthy for a tiny fraction of producing the F022 and F-35.


12 posted on 07/27/2011 4:34:37 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: DoughtyOne

All empires end, usually by suicide.


13 posted on 07/27/2011 4:36:13 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Nothing on the public’s roster of aircraft to come (including the F35), or in the past (the two planes you mentioned), will ever compete with the F22.

It’s safe to say that the F22 was the pinnacle of US military technology, and the compromise F35 design is testament to that fact. We are already going down hill.


14 posted on 07/27/2011 4:40:00 PM PDT by Aqua225 (Realist)
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To: GAB-1955

I thought the new manned rocket program was cancelled by Obama.


15 posted on 07/27/2011 4:50:11 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Obama until 2017. It really could happen.)
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To: Dallas59
That's what I've always found so interesting about the space program, its wondrous ability to discard for waste what it paid enormous sums for.($100,000,000,000.)

It might be compared to a man driving his Rolls Royce for a few years and then dumping it into the ocean.

16 posted on 07/27/2011 4:53:36 PM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: Dallas59

Can we at least save the cr@pper?


17 posted on 07/27/2011 4:54:42 PM PDT by Cyman
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To: StolarStorm
It should evolve, grow, adapt, change over time.

V-GER????

18 posted on 07/27/2011 4:58:11 PM PDT by USMA '71 ((Re-elect no one!))
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“Don’t tell the government. Excellent airborne weapons platforms like the F-16 and F/A-18 could have been upgraded with canards, thrust vectoring exhaust, and the shape changed with external panels to make them more stealthy for a tiny fraction of producing the F022 and F-35.”

In the military, you don’t get promoted for running a cheap upgrade program. You get promoted by running a big, expensive, important technology-bending program. Also, politicians get lobbied for money and favors and such lobbying generates campaign cash.


19 posted on 07/27/2011 5:01:16 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Dallas59

They’ll probably send us a bill for waste disposal.


20 posted on 07/27/2011 5:04:17 PM PDT by Dogfaced Soldier
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