Almaz station ends up on Isle of Man

When I access the site it comes up with ads for Single Russian Women on the
top - maybe they've actually found a way to fund space exploration.


Val Kraut


"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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To be worked on for tourist flights.
They've taken the reentry module and moved it to the other end, which
means it would have to be launched inverted from the standard
configuration used on the Proton if a crew is aboard and needs a means to
abort during ascent:
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/almaz_excalibur.html
Why they would go to all that trouble when it was designed to work the
other way around is a good question.

Pat

To be worked on for tourist flights.
They've taken the reentry module and moved it to the other end, which
means it would have to be launched inverted from the standard
configuration used on the Proton if a crew is aboard and needs a means
to abort during ascent:
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/almaz_excalibur.html
Why they would go to all that trouble when it was designed to work the
other way around is a good question.

Pat

On 4/27/2011 12:32 PM, Val Kraut wrote:
When I access the site it comes up with ads for Single Russian Women on the
top - maybe they've actually found a way to fund space exploration.

Hmmm...interesting thought...if they could make a buck at building a
orbiting whorehouse, they'd probably do it. Normally it's only NASA that
gets screwed when the Russians are involved.
I wonder if they will send the Wanton Daughter Of The Unclean Ukraine up
the http://www.en.rian.ru/russia/20081027/117972155.html

Pat