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Old April 12th 09, 06:54 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Pat Flannery
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Default New Russian manned spacecraft booster.

http://tinyurl.com/cafy7o
After years of hemming and hawing, it appears the Russians have given on
the multi-rocket-module Angara rocket concept and are just going to
stick a new Lox/LH2 upper stage on ye olde Semyorka... which means they
have now moved up to the technology embodied in the Atlas-Centaur back
in 1965. :-)

Pat