[FPSPACE] NASA wary of relying on Russia

[Kirill Simon]

> NASA wary of relying on Russia
> Moscow soon to be lone carrier of astronauts to the space station
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23512686


This article and statements there are really funny in terms of unforeseeably
expected result!  Nice!


> 'Serious threat to our national security'
> NASA Administrator Michael Griffin calls the situation his
> "greatest regret and greatest concern." For most of the
> five-year gap, he said, "we will be largely dependent
> on the Russians, and that is terrible place for the United
> States to be. I'm worried, and many others are worried."


Wow!  Really...?!  Where were you, guys, in the days prior to?


> Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), chairman of the subcommittee
> that oversees NASA, went further. "This is a very serious
> betrayal of American interests," he said. "This will be the
> first time since Sputnik when the United States will not
> have a significant space superiority. I remain dumbfounded
> that we've allowed this serious threat to our national
> security to develop."


So, what?


> "Is there a risk that we won't succeed? Yes, there is,"
> said Musk, co-founder of the PayPal online payment
> system. "But if the United States doesn't provide any
> competition to the Russians, then they have a monopoly
> on crew transport to the station and they can dictate their
> terms. Do taxpayers really want all that money to go to
> Russia, rather than to an American company with
> American workers?"


So, what?  Do not pay "the Russians" and work your problem.  If you don't like
it then do it better if you can!

Are "the Russians" evil?  Are they still?  Why are they and why are they
still?  "The Russians" make their best to help "the Americans" to cover their
ass.

But the story is really funny for the now very moment...

Kir