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Old 07-13-2005, 05:01 AM
AngryCola AngryCola is offline
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Default Re: Baikonour, we don\'t have a problem

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The Russians have their own shuttle. I thought that was kind of cool.

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It always struck me as evidence of an advantage in a particular area of technology that the Russians were, almost from the start, managing to land their returning spacecraft - while NASA kept splashing the pot in the oceans' waters.

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This is a common misconception.
The Russians lied a few times about how their craft were recovered.

I would rather not have to go searching the internet for this information, but I will if anyone seriously disputes my comments.
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