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Originally Posted by Joeaksa
Look at what "Mother Russia" does with the Ukraine and Poland every Oct/November with natural gas.
They wait until it starts to get cold, then double or triple the price. These two countries have no other source for gas so are over the barrel.
What do you think the Ruskies will do with the pricing for moving things to space for us once the Shuttle is mothballed? They have a very long record of screwing people once they are the only source.
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HUH? We have all kinds of rockets that can send satellites and junk up there. ALL KINDS! MORE THAN WE'LL EVER USE! In addition to the ones we already have, they's spending huge chunks of money on Ares I.
Don't know where you got the idea thast the space shuttle was the only means we have of putting junk into space.
If you are talking about a taxi service for people to go to and from the space station, blow it off too! Waste of money. There is no reason to spend money sending people up there.