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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts) Fri Mar 27, 2015, 10:32 PM Mar 2015

US-Russian crew blasts off for record-setting one-year ISS flight

- Yeah I know, weird ain't it? We can't seem to decide if we want Russia as a friend to fly in space with, or an enemy to screw with......

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US-Russian crew blasts off for record-setting one-year ISS flight (Original Post) DeSwiss Mar 2015 OP

Personally, I think this is a good thing. DU Rec. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #1

! DeSwiss Mar 2015 #2

backatcha - Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #3

rt stonecutter357 Mar 2015 #4

Tomorrow this will be re-posted, "Breaking News: Putin Takes Off Shirt And Sends Enemies jtuck004 Mar 2015 #5

Russia is not our enemy and this is a great thing Duckhunter935 Mar 2015 #6

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

1. Personally, I think this is a good thing. DU Rec.

Reply to DeSwiss (Original post)

Fri Mar 27, 2015, 11:13 PM

Mar 2015

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

2. !

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 27, 2015, 11:40 PM

Mar 2015

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

3. backatcha -

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Fri Mar 27, 2015, 11:51 PM

Mar 2015

stonecutter357

(12,788 posts)

4. rt

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Sat Mar 28, 2015, 04:30 AM

Mar 2015

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)

5. Tomorrow this will be re-posted, "Breaking News: Putin Takes Off Shirt And Sends Enemies

Reply to DeSwiss (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 04:43 AM

Mar 2015

To Deep Space. And Isn't A Nice Guy, Either."

I like the countries collective effort in this. These are the kinds of things that stand above, at least in spirit, many of the evil things countries otherwise might do with time on their hands.

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)

6. Russia is not our enemy and this is a great thing

Reply to DeSwiss (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 07:37 AM

Mar 2015

Putin and the invading of sovereign states and annexing part of them and supporting and arming a rebellion in that country should be called out and condemned. The space programs are a little sunshine as the scientists and techs are not as political.

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