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bananas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-28-08 03:03 AM
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Russian-European Manned spaceship design unveiled
Edited on Mon Jul-28-08 03:04 AM by bananas
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7519723.stm


Page last updated at 21:56 GMT, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 22:56 UK

Manned spaceship design unveiled
By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News

The first official image of a Russian-European manned spacecraft has been unveiled.

It is designed to replace the Soyuz vehicle currently in use by Russia and will allow Europe to participate directly in crew transportation.

The reusable ship was conceived to carry four people towards the Moon, rivalling the US Ares/Orion system.

Unlike previous crewed vehicles, it will use thrusters to make a soft landing when it returns to Earth.

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politicoFOsho Donating Member (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-28-08 03:24 AM
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1. Cool!
Cool!
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comtec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-28-08 04:42 AM
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2. WAY KEWL!!!!
Yeah, if you want to goto space on a budget.. and just have it work... Ask the Russians!
Waiting for the US is such a lost cause it's just not funny =[
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-28-08 07:28 AM
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3. Well as the new budget deficit looms...
It's only going to get harder.
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RT Atlanta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-28-08 11:03 AM
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4. the thruster soft landing
always seems like too complex of an approach to me - more of an opportunity for even a "redundant" system to go wrong.
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