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To: GeronL
good point, but do the Russians have another Progress (which I am sure NASA is paying for at this point) ready?

Good question, actually. Yeah, you do have a point, I was just "assuming" they had another one in stock and/or ready. I know it is dangerous to assume but I think it would be wise to have a second and third ready to go for "just in case."
28 posted on 09/22/2011 10:15:09 PM PDT by Nowhere Man (General James Mattoon Scott, where are you when we need you? We need a regime change.)
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To: Nowhere Man

The European “ATV” or “Automated Transfer Vehicle”

the third ATV is set to launch in Feb of 2012. It is apparently sitting in French Guiana where the ESA launch site is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_Transfer_Vehicle

Each ATV weighs 20.7 tonnes at launch and has a cargo capacity of 8 tonnes:[3]
1,500 kilograms (3,300 lb) to 5,500 kilograms (12,000 lb) of dry cargo (re-supply goods, scientific payload, etc.),
Up to 840 kilograms (1,900 lb) of water,
Up to 100 kilograms (220 lb) of gas (nitrogen, oxygen, air), with up to two gases per flight,
Up to 4,700 kilograms (10,000 lb) of propellant for the re-boost maneuver and refueling the station.


29 posted on 09/22/2011 10:19:00 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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