Russia's latest Spacecraft

astroron (Ron) · #1 23-07-2010, 06:09 PM

Is this the face of travel to the ISS after the Space Shuttle is Decommissioned

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10725093

renormalised (Carl) · #2 23-07-2010, 06:38 PM

Looks interesting....wonder how it compares with the halted Orion capsule? Looks about the same size or a little larger.

astroron (Ron) · #3 27-07-2010, 10:50 PM

I hate to sound cynical

but I wouldn't be surprised if the Russian's put the price up for supplying the ISS

I think the USA will live to regret the too hasty retirement of the Space Shuttle

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #4 27-07-2010, 10:54 PM

Certainly a departure from the R7, which has been my favourite rocket for decades.

renormalised (Carl) · #5 28-07-2010, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astroron

I hate to sound cynical

but I wouldn't be surprised if the Russian's put the price up for supplying the ISS

I think the USA will live to regret the too hasty retirement of the Space Shuttle

That's a possibility...I think the Shuttle fleet was probably retired a little too early, but they were taking a bit of a battering. What I think the US has done wrong is left to design their replacement too late. They should've thought about this 10 years ago and had it (the designing and testing) up and running soon after.

Benno18 (Ben) · #6 04-08-2010, 07:31 PM

Seems to me like the Russians are a bit more organized. . . . . . I think they are in front.