Rocket science

Dana Mathewson

The International Space Station may soon have to be abandoned. Yep. Seems that Russia is having problems getting supply rockets off the ground. http://www.urgentagenda.com/PERMALINKS%20VI/AUGUST%202011/30.DISGRACE.HTML And you remember that America no longer has anything to fly up there with.

Did you ever think you'd see the situation deteriorate to this level? FTA: "The U.S. fleet of space shuttles is retired and the Obama administration has no American alternative coming online for years.
(Editor's note; we have no alternative, period. The Administration has cancelled the planned replacements.)

"So, dubious Russian rockets are the only means of replacing the crew.

"A computer detected an anomaly in the Russian rocket's third stage Wednesday and shut down the engine prematurely after barely five minutes of flight, dooming the orbital attempt. The vehicle and nearly three tons of supplies were incinerated in reentry and the crash in Kazakhstan.



"With the U.S. space shuttles decommissioned, Russian rockets remain the only means to reach the space station orbiting at about 220 miles altitude with fresh crew members."

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