(Bob Martin) wrote in
om:

Shuttle is limited to one lauch and retreival site, Soyuz has numerous
launch sites and can land in many locations.

Numerous launch sites? Baikonur, Tyrutam (sp?),

One and the same. Baikonur is the name of the facility, Tyuratam is the
name of the closest village.

and the one possibly
going in at Kourou?

Currently not planned to support the manned Soyuz.

Soyuz has the capability to land almost anywhere,

....the key word being "land". That's one big reason why the Kourou site
won't support the manned Soyuz, at least without some kind of upgrade to
allow water landings.
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JRF

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