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ISS is not close to being abandoned, there were fears after the unmanned Soyuz mishap. That has likely been resolved.

12 posted on 09/22/2011 9:29:35 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares ( Refusing to kneel before the "messiah".)

To: Names Ash Housewares

The last Soyuz supply mission failed. Another is not ready.

They may have to “evacuate” the station, do you like that word better?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/08/nasa-space-station-soyuz.html

Will the International Space Station actually be abandoned this fall after $100 billion and 10 years?

That’s one of the questions being pondered by NASA and Russian space experts following last week’s failure of an unmanned Russian cargo rocket. The U.S. fleet of space shuttles is retired and the Obama administration has no American alternative coming online for years

14 posted on 09/22/2011 9:35:32 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)

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