August 06, 2004

Russia No Longer to Carry Supplies to ISS for Free MosNews

Posted by jburk to General News at August 6, 2004 01:55 PM

Russia will resume construction of a new section of the International Space Station (ISS) and will cease being a free “space carrier” for NASA, Aleksandr Aleksandrov, head of the test-flight service of Russia’s Rocket and Space Corporation (RKK) Energiya told ITAR-TASS. According to Aleksandrov, the new section of the station may be built on the basis of the 2nd functional cargo bloc (FGB-2), currently stored on the premises of the Khrunichev space center.
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I had wondered just how long they would put up with no shuttle flights to the ISS and for not paying for americans at least to return from the station in it's absence.
More of this discusion can be found on the newmars forum site.
http://www.newmars.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=024d88053cd015915efd42f33823d28d;act=ST;f=4;t=412

Posted by: Harold LaValley at August 9, 2004 08:30 AM