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MADem

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1. VERY cool!!
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 04:19 AM
Mar 2013

I wish we'd cough up a transport system, but in the meantime, that's a good close shave when it comes to transit time!

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VERY cool!! MADem Mar 2013 #1
Hey..... PolitFreak Mar 2013 #2
More Americans have died in American spacecraft than all people in Russian spacecraft. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #4
Yeah PolitFreak Mar 2013 #5
You made that absolutely clear already. Though not sure what your point is. idwiyo Mar 2013 #8
*facepalm* (nt) Posteritatis Mar 2013 #13
Result of free enterprise and capitalism: Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #3
Meanwhile if we had a truly socialist space program RoccoR5955 Mar 2013 #10
A truly socialist space program is the Russian one. First in space and then out of gas. No thanks. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #11
If Russia was a socialist country, that might be true. RoccoR5955 Mar 2013 #14
Ok. The Swedish space program. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #16
The Swedes don't have the money to put into their program. RoccoR5955 Mar 2013 #18
Exactly. Another failed socialist space program. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #19
NO, another underfunded space program. n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2013 #20
Exactly. Underfunded and failed: Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #21
No it's not... RoccoR5955 Mar 2013 #23
Your knowledge of USSR is truly astounding. I am impressed. idwiyo Mar 2013 #22
That's pretty awesome! Paulie Mar 2013 #6
In th 1960s it only took a few hours to launch, rendezvous and dock MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #7
They launched the spacecraft within a couple of hours of each other, for starters Posteritatis Mar 2013 #12
Of course, that makes sense. MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #17
Great results! Thumbs up for the space exploration and science! idwiyo Mar 2013 #9
Takes me longer to drive I-95 to DC. Historic NY Mar 2013 #15
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