[FPSPACE] Get Ready For Mir The Sequel

[JamesOberg@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/10/01 2:57:42 AM Central Standard Time, 
simon@japan.co.jp writes: << Moscow (AFP) Jan. 10, 2001 - Russia's Space 
Agency, creators of the 
 14-year-old Mir, announced Wednesday it plans to replace the 
 soon-to-be-destroyed station with a new one, the ITAR-TASS news agency 
reported. >>

The actual report says, > [In a sepatate report at 0425 gmt on 9 January 
ITAR-TASS quoted Semenov as
> saying that the MirCorp corporation is going to build a small space
station
> for commercial purposes, 


That's not a new Mir, it's a replacement for the UDM module promised by RSA 
to the ISS. However, it will also have free-flier capability, Mircorp plans.