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Old August 24th 11, 04:59 AM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history
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Default Atlas V to be man-rated

On Jul 19, 7:32*am, Pat Flannery wrote:

So capitilists will now have choice:
Go into space on Russian spacecraft, or on rocket using Russian engine!
Up in Red Heaven, Brave Cosmonaut Yuri is laughing!


Doing some Google searching, I found that until fairly recently, they
were making MA-5 engines for the Atlas.

So apparently an American engine should be a feasible choice...

John Savard
 




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