Posted on 08/02/2013 10:29:16 AM PDT by rktman
Russia will charge the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) $71 million to transport just one American astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard its Soyuz spacecraft in 2016.
That’s more than triple the $22 million per seat the Russians charged in 2006, according to a July 8 audit report by NASA’s inspector general.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
Talk about killing high tech jobs. Get get much higher than “space” jobs.
Good! We’ll go to China.. and then, India, and then Japan for a better deal.. or maybe .. just stay home. ;-]
Putin is no dummy....the last time was in 2006...8 years later with inflation and a devalued dollar......71 million is probably just a small markup in adjusted dollars....
“Respect! Respect! I don’t get no respect!” — Barry Hussein Obama
NASA, what’s your No. 1 priority: putting astronauts on the ISS or Muslim outreach? I’ll bet I know what POTUS and the NASA director would chose. [Hint: the first letter begins with “M”.]
Dear Mr. Obama:
I’m sorry to advise you that ...
... expenses ... sure you’ll understand ...
Yours Truly
Your Friend for Life, Vladimir
But but we towed the Endeavor thought the streets of LA behind a Toyota tundra?? It was a victory parade for the regimes success in destroying America. How can they charge us more? We won!
All the astronauts better buy no cancel round trip tickets.
Press the Overcharge button!
Nuk nuk nuk.
That’s to compensate for having to feed and do laundry of our airport boy Snowden. Perfectly reasonable.
Not flying or certified yet. Also not “selected” to be the final flight article.
fubo
Mafia style capitalism in full bloom in mother Russia.
Well!When you’ve got the only transportation system into space the sky’s the limit.Our taxpayers will just have to foot the bill untill we get a president who believes in the supremacy of the United States in space.
Obama’s Not that Guy.
king hussein ain’t a guy.
$71 Million? For that kind of money they could go to Martha’s Vinyard.
“Whyy youuu...”
(fairy, as in faggotize!)
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