07-21-2011, 11:48 AM
ngauger Wrote:The Russians will be ferrying our Astronauts along with their Cosmonauts on their Soyuz flights. Of course, the USA will have to pay Russia $56 to $63 Billion dollars a seat. So that will not sit well with the US politicians or the American public that wants to "keep the monies here".
Mikey -
I thought it was millions, not billions per seat. That's in line with the NASA cost to put the shuttle up, although it could also carry a bunch of neat stuff for the astronauts to do as well...
I must say I am very proud to say that Canada went on every mission, and is resident at the ISS even now...
More obvious here on the double-ended ISS arm:
Go Canada!
Andrew