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Space race re-start: Moscow challenges USA in Mars-landing
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Posted on 07/21/2010 1:08:00 AM PDT by kronos77

Moscow, Russia - Head of Russian space agency won't believe in NASA sending first man on the red planet

(WAPA) - USA astronauts to an asteroid and to Mars no later than 2015, according to NASA. Sooner than predicted in April by US President Barack Obama: Mars in the mid-2030s.

"It is unreal by 2015," said yesterday to press agency “Ria Novosti” Alexei Krasnov, Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos director to manned space programs. "Probably they won't be able to any sooner than 2023-2025. They do not have the necessary spacecraft, and we will be ready with the project by 2018-2020", Krasnov said.

A scenario boosted by good financial performance of aerospace industry in Russia and a huge financing provided. In fact Russia plans to occupy at least 15% of the world's space services under the national aerospace industry's development strategy for 2015.

At the moment aerospace sector's “Output has been growing annually, growth rate exceeds that of both the industry as a whole and the military industrial complex", Anatoly Perminov, head of Roscosmos, said, adding that “Also Russian federal space program as well as the Global Navigation System (GLONASS) special federal program are provided with all the necessary resources and financing”.

After the once-upon-a-time “Moon race”, are we now finally seeing start to “Mars race”?


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: congress; democrats; economy; mars; obama; russia; space; tachnology; technology

1 posted on 07/21/2010 1:08:04 AM PDT by kronos77
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To: kronos77

America has more pressing needs... such as putting tens of millions of unemployed onto never ending welfare.


2 posted on 07/21/2010 1:13:56 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: libh8er

But we could send them to Mars instead.


3 posted on 07/21/2010 1:19:09 AM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: kronos77

Well. It is the Red planet after all.


4 posted on 07/21/2010 1:25:28 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
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To: kronos77

Man, how awesome would it be to be one of the first people to set foot on another planet? I think I’d sign up even if it was going to be a one-way trip.

Assuming NASA would take me, which I think it’s pretty safe to assume they wouldn’t, LOL.


5 posted on 07/21/2010 1:33:27 AM PDT by DemforBush (Serpentine, Shel! SERPENTINE!)
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To: Mr. Blond

LOL.Kill two birds with one space-shot


6 posted on 07/21/2010 1:40:15 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: kronos77

And, Obama will find a way to tax it.


7 posted on 07/21/2010 1:58:04 AM PDT by Gaffer ("Profiling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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To: BigCinBigD

Obama will issue a re-challenge for a race to put the first mosque on the moon. (Russia doesn’t suffer moslems or fools gladly.) And no one will care.


8 posted on 07/21/2010 2:06:34 AM PDT by x_plus_one (Liberal politics is now a form of social snobbery.....)
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To: kronos77

Russia is welcome to go to Mars. I could almost wish they would all go to Mars.


9 posted on 07/21/2010 2:17:27 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: kronos77

Obama will take the challenge, insist we lose to make Russia look good, demand Russia take Muslim astronauts with them and then fully fund the Russian program with taxpayer dollars.


10 posted on 07/21/2010 2:22:18 AM PDT by maddog55 (OBAMA, Why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
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To: kronos77

Obama will want a Muslim to be the first to land on Mars. I doubt the Russians will send a Muslim so Obama may suddenly jump us into this new space race!


11 posted on 07/21/2010 3:16:18 AM PDT by jerry557
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Nasa forfeits. Its tough to pray facing mecca up there.


12 posted on 07/21/2010 3:26:44 AM PDT by Celerity
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It's hard to believe we are going to pass at a chance of making Mars the 58th state.
13 posted on 07/21/2010 3:51:19 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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...Obama will issue a re-challenge for a race to put the first mosque on the moon.

Houston we have a problem.

WAKE UP AMERICA!


Obama NASA
Hopey thinks it's funny...

14 posted on 07/21/2010 4:32:49 AM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: kronos77
USA astronauts to an asteroid and to Mars no later than 2015, according to NASA. Sooner than predicted in April by US President Barack Obama: Mars in the mid-2030s.

NASA has no future manned space flight using American craft after February 26, 2011, when the final shuttle flight, STS-134, will be sent up.

In fact, as far as future missions of any kind, the only others that I see listed at NASA's website are:

  1. A small satellite to study greenhouse gases and global warming called "Glory".
  2. A number of flights on Russian spacecraft to the International Space Station.
  3. An unmanned spacecraft called Juno which will orbit Jupiter.

15 posted on 07/21/2010 4:41:52 AM PDT by snowsislander (In this election year, please ask your candidates if they support repeal of the 1968 GCA.)
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To: snowsislander

Lame.


16 posted on 09/01/2010 9:34:42 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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