American astronauts to again use Russian Soyuz rocket to reach ISS as NASA can’t rely on ‘unstable’ US tech

[bshifter]

American astronauts to again use Russian Soyuz rocket to reach ISS as NASA can’t rely on ‘unstable’ US tech – Moscow space chief

After the US bought a seat on a Russian spacecraft to send a NASA astronaut to the International Space Station, the chief of Russia's Space Agency Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin claimed that American spaceflight is still “unstable.”

www.rt.com

 

[hyperman]

this isn't actually correct, the Space dragon was already used for a flight to the ISS, NASA is still buying a seat as a backup if there is a need. until the Boeing starliner is also active. which will have its first flight this year.

 

[dbc]

Fake news as one has come to expect of RT, I suspect their staff get paid in vodka shots.
NASA activated a last minute contingency because they did not want to leave ISS without US presence during a scheduled transfer window in case of unexpected delays.

NASA Weighs Options for Additional Crew Flights to Space Station

NASA now is considering obtaining a supplemental seat on the upcoming spring Soyuz crew rotation mission for a NASA astronaut to add additional capability to the agency’s planning.

www.nasa.gov

 

[denel]

Fake news as one has come to expect of RT, I suspect their staff get paid in vodka shots.
NASA activated a last minute contingency because they did not want to leave ISS without US presence during a scheduled transfer window in case of unexpected delays.

NASA Weighs Options for Additional Crew Flights to Space Station

NASA now is considering obtaining a supplemental seat on the upcoming spring Soyuz crew rotation mission for a NASA astronaut to add additional capability to the agency’s planning.

www.nasa.gov

RT + wuMao/50cGang at its best on this forum. They will trigger a reaction and then their supporting minions will start to jump in to amplify.

 

[dbc]

RT + wuMao/50cGang at its best on this forum. They will trigger a reaction and then their supporting minions will start to jump in to amplify.

par for the course @ pdf . I often question my own sanity for hanging around.

 

[Arsalan Tauseef]

What the effing wrong with the Author?

 

[denel]

par for the course @ pdf . I often question my own sanity for hanging around.

What the effing wrong with the Author?

welcome to the world of KGB run psycop's.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Wow such bitterness from the Russians about SpaceX crew Dragon.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Wow such bitterness from the Russians about SpaceX crew Dragon.

There hasn't been any Dragon in a long while.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

There hasn't been any Dragon in a long while.

??? They just launched Crew1 November 18th with 4 people on it

They are still up in the ISS.



Crew2 is scheduled on April 22nd with another 4

Added to the current 7 that will make an insane 11 people on the ISS as the Crew1 doesn't return until May.


I know in the past we are used to seeing frequent Space Shuttle flights with 7 man crews dwarfing the capabilities of other nations but we haven't reached that level yet with Dragon. Only two or three flights a year with a total of 8 to 12 people is about the limit now.

If Starliner was on track we'd be doubling things. They should have been able to do 2 a year with a total of 8 people.

 

[Beast]

RT + wuMao/50cGang at its best on this forum. They will trigger a reaction and then their supporting minions will start to jump in to amplify.

Of cos for you licking the boots of CIA is consider righteous.