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Why doesn't NASA use Soyuz rockets then?
by joubert 17y ago
Why doesn't NASA use Soyuz rockets then?
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoNIH?
- gaius 17y agoOr fund the development of Skylon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_Engines_Skylon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_Engines_Skylon (Altho' arguably ESA or even the British MoD ought to be, whatever anyone else thinks)
- aarongough 17y agoThat is awesome! I had never heard of it before either, which is an incredible shame. I personally think that spaceplanes like this are a great idea and are likely to be the way we finally get into space for real...
- physcab 17y agoWell, they do. They buy seats fairly regularly and when the space shuttle is discontinued next year the Soyuz will be the primary rocket for doing space missions. The problem is that the rocket has a very limited payload capacity compared to the shuttle and it can only carry 3 people at a time.