Russia stays at Baikonur 'til 2020

[docm]

Link....<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p><b>Russia to stay at Baikonur until 2020</b><br /><br />Moscow (UPI) Nov 10, 2007<br /><br />Russian space officials say they will continue to use Kazakhstan's Baikonur launch site until at least 2020.<br /><br />Roskosmos chief Anatoly Perminov said the space agency plans to build a new launch facility in Russia's Far East, but will continue to lease Baikonur from Kazakhstan to launch its Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station, RIA Novosti reported Friday.<br /><br />"We will not and cannot leave Baikonur before 2020 as long as Soyuz (spacecraft) are being launched," Perminov said.<br /><br />Perminov said Russia is the process of holding a tender for the development of the Clipper reusable spacecraft, which would replace the Soyuz and Progress carrier rockets in making regular flights to the ISS, Novosti said.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[gunsandrockets]

"Perminov said Russia is the process of holding a tender for the development of the Clipper reusable spacecraft, ... "<br /><br />Fool me once...

 

[qso1]

They might replace Soyuz when its 150 years old. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><strong>My borrowed quote for the time being:</strong></p><p><em>There are three kinds of people in life. Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen...and those who do not know what happened.</em></p> </div>