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| Russia says it is ahead in race to put man on Mars |
| 2008-01-09 |
| Russia is leading the race to complete a manned mission to Mars and could land a Russian on the Red Planet by 2025, a leading scientist was quoted as saying on Tuesday. Did anyone mention that you have to return the crew safely being part of meeting the challenge successfully? "We have something of a head start in this race as we have the most experience in piloted space flight," the director of the prestigious Space Research Institute, Lev Zelyony, told Interfax news agency on Tuesday. Please provide your definition of "something" as it seems to be too elusive for me to capture, oh insecure country without so much as a lander on Mars. The goal of becoming the first country to land a human on Mars is "technically and economically achievable" by 2025, he said. Sure. If you keep stoking terrorism and the price of oil and weapons remains high. Mars is the most prestigious prize for the Russian space industry if it wants to boost the country's "scientific and political prestige" through manned space flight, he said. How about trying to boost your country's prestige through useful stuff instead of making weapons for idiots? "We lost the race to the moon," Zelyony said. Are you The United States achieved that goal on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. Careful, you you'll agitate the nutters! The last manned US mission to the moon was the December 1972 flight of Apollo 17. Boy, that was quite a while ago, wasn't it? Wonder what the US could come up with today even though it isn't anywhere near the central focus of their existance. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #12 ION SPACE > LIVESCIENCE - NEW RISK TO EARTH FOUND FROM SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS. Star 7,500 light years from Earth set to explode soon? DARE TO STILL BE SEEN ON GUAM ON A FUTURE BLINDING, DENSELY FOGGY "CAN'T SEE-ANYTHING-IN-FRONT-OF-ME" DAY IN [formerly]TROPICAL GUAM. OTOH, last nite a large whitish streak [meteor?]flew over Guam goin' north, followed shortly by USAF-DOD planes in same direction; plus also saw a large strange glowing object in space NOT the Moon and despite cloudy weather. Was alot of low-level lightning here. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-01-09 20:51 |
| #11 In other news: reports just in state that based on these reports from Russia, the ACME company is expanding, says W.E.Coyote, VP-fiascos. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-01-09 16:37 |
| #10 By 2050 most "Russians" will be Muslim anyway. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-01-09 16:35 |
| #9 What's the prize? Bankruptcy. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-01-09 15:44 |
| #8 By 2025 there's going to 20 million fewer russians than there are today and most will be over 50. This would be pretty much the last harrah for Russia (or maybe it will be a birthday present for Czar Putin). BTW, who else is in the race? |
| Posted by: DoDo 2008-01-09 15:01 |
| #7 They are just pissed they don't have a space station any more. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-01-09 12:51 |
| #6 The claim that they are ahead comes form the line "we have the most experience in piloted space flight." It doesn't mean they have a working plan or the ability and cash to implement it. This is just hot air and pride. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-01-09 12:24 |
| #5 There's a race? What's the prize? |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-01-09 10:38 |
| #4 Yes, but will he still be alive? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-01-09 10:26 |
| #3 So? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-01-09 09:58 |
| #2 Well, it is the red planet..... If they do get there, it won't be any of this "one small step for a man, one giant step for mankind" stuff, it will be "we claim this planet for mother Russia." Given the general ineptness of NASA in the last 30 years, we would be lucky to get to the moon to visit the soon to be established Chinese outposts anytime soon, let alone Mars. |
| Posted by: RWV 2008-01-09 08:50 |
| #1 Good luck with that. Bwahahaha... |
| Posted by: Spot 2008-01-09 08:01 |