Russians planning manned Mars mission

"Ultimate Buu" :

This is the second announcement by the Russians in less than 6 months
concerning a manned Mars mission. The first one involved the commitment or
intention for a manned Mars expedition in 2018 or thereabouts and an
invitation for the U.S. and Europe to get involved. The U.S.
cold-shouldered
the Russian request until a full-plan would be put on the table. That's
sensible off course, but if the Russians delivered a detailed plan there's
no doubt the U.S. would demand major changes to the plan in any case, so
why
bother. I think there should be real commitment being shown by all parties
involved (Russians, US, EU) before any detailed plans are drawn up.

You don't understand the concept of "The Big Lie"? That what it sounds like
someone is trying to do to me, and it still does not make it real.

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"Ultimate Buu" wrote:
This is the second announcement by the Russians in less than 6 months
concerning a manned Mars mission.

And? They made multiple announcements a few years back about their
commitment to build MIR II Real Soon Now.

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"Earl Colby Pottinger" wrote:
And in the real world you still can't get power from a bunch of engineering
drawings, it still means nothing unless someone starts bending metal.

See, now there you're wrong. You take the drawings, plus the
viewgraphs and memos, plus the ISO 900X stuff, plus all the
rest of the paperwork and you make a nice neat pile under the
boiler. The rest is left as an excercise for the reader.

"Christopher M. Jones" wrote in message
...
"Earl Colby Pottinger" wrote:
And in the real world you still can't get power from a bunch of
engineering
drawings, it still means nothing unless someone starts bending metal.

See, now there you're wrong. You take the drawings, plus the
viewgraphs and memos, plus the ISO 900X stuff, plus all the
rest of the paperwork and you make a nice neat pile under the
boiler. The rest is left as an excercise for the reader.

Don't forget the assorted "Environmental Impact Analysis/Statements.
Ralph Nesbitt

Ralph Nesbitt wrote:

"Christopher M. Jones" wrote in message
"Earl Colby Pottinger" wrote:
And in the real world you still can't get power from a bunch of
engineering drawings, it still means nothing unless someone starts
bending metal.

See, now there you're wrong. You take the drawings, plus the
viewgraphs and memos, plus the ISO 900X stuff, plus all the
rest of the paperwork and you make a nice neat pile under the
boiler. The rest is left as an excercise for the reader.

Don't forget the assorted "Environmental Impact Analysis/Statements.
Ralph Nesbitt

The impact documentation alone should provide enough energy for a household
for one year :-)