[Dan Evans]

NASA wants to buy spaceships from Russia. How embarrassing.

[Sometimes A River]

Why is it embarassing?

It's not like the Russians are novices in space.

[Realism]

Soon we'll be outsourcing the government?

[Dan Evans]

ping

[ClaudiusI]

Tangently related; anyone ever see the Russian version of the FamiCom (NES to us in the states)? It's the ugliest thing I'd ever seen. The Russians have no sense of asthetics.

[RightWhale]

The U.S. House of Representatives also is considering amending the Iran Nonproliferation Act to permit NASA to buy Soyuz vehicles

Don't know what nonproliferation of Iran has to do with Soyuz, but, the House has lower qualifications for membership.

[Dallas59]

*sigh* Looks like the end of an era.

[LIConFem]

Buying Russian spaceships? Why, is there a shortage of cast iron in this country?

[Jake The Goose]

Just shut NASA down - this organization is a national disgrace and continues to be a shame for all Americans.

Shut it down.

Start over.

Let the private sector do it - if the government want to play - then write checks and demand results.

[Kevin OMalley]

There goes that giant sucking sound again, and no, that sound is not caused by an american built rocket. This time it is rocket scientists losing their jobs. The outsourcing continues. [sigh]

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Those were the days.

[Centurion2000]

IIRC, now the Russian space program has a beter safety record that us.

[TalonDJ]

This is great! It opens the doors to NASA buying other space services from our own private sector.

[Rockitz]

The bill was introduced Sept. 15 by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar (R-Ind.)

They don't call him Dick for nothing.

[lewislynn]

NASA wants to buy spaceships from Russia. How embarrassing

They should be careful what they wish for...Why stop at spaceships, why not outsource all of NASA to Russia?

[add925]

Look on the bright side, NASA still produces much cooler animations and leads the way on researching global climate change compared to Russia.

/sarc

[sono]

Why not get our private sector involved? Surely they could do a better job.

[KevinDavis]

There are rumors that shuttle is going..

[Zuben Elgenubi]

What the hell is wrong with Lugar? The restriction was orgininally put into law to punish the Russians for their support of Iranian atomic developemnt. Last week Iran thumbed their nose at the world, and Russia was right there to sign them up for additional atomic work. President Bush ought to veto this bill based upon national security. Oddly, some Russians are assisting the Moslems to develop the nuke. Seems they haven't learned one thing from the continual conflict in Chechtyna.

[raybbr]

You'll get a kick out of this one.

[jb6]

Yes, ladies and gents, we are still a "super-power", sure we are. We can't even run our own national space shuttles and almost couldn't bring one back.