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US Astronaut Trapped On Space Station Until America Pays For Return Trip

 
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US Astronaut Trapped On Space Station Until America Pays For Return Trip
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Russia May Refuse to Return U.S. Astronaut to Earth Free of Charge
Created: 01.10.2005 16:01 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 16:01 MSK, 15 hours 56 minutes ago


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Beginning from the next space expedition Russia will deliver U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station only on commercial basis. William McArthur who has just left for ISS can stay in orbit until the American side pays for his return, RIA Novosti reported.

“Russia has met all the engagements on transferring NASA employees to the ISS. Formally, we even do not have to return McArthur to the Earth,” Russia’s space agency Roskosmos senior official Alexey Krasnov said.

After NASA grounded its shuttle fleet in July, having failed to fix a technical problem that killed seven astronauts in 2003, only Russian Soyuz spacecraft bear the responsibility for ferrying people and supplies to the $100-billion station.

The snag is that trade sanctions linked to U.S. fears that Russian technology and know-how could help Iran develop nuclear weapons mean NASA cannot pay Roskosmos.

U.S. lawmakers are considering lifting the ban. Nobody expects McArthur to spin round space forever.
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Re: US Astronaut Trapped On Space Station Until America Pays For Return Trip
So the Dude bought blink a one way ticket to the space station.





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