In article , Mitchell Holman
says...

"Byker" wrote in
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"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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Like manned space flight, another field where America has ceded
leadership to Russia........

Uh-huh: http://tinyurl.com/y8m5gxmu

https://hushkit.net/2016/05/25/the-t...viet-aircraft/

https://www.wired.com/2008/07/galler...aircraft-ever/

http://www.popularmechanics.com/mili...orst-soviet-ai
rcraft-ever-built/

https://gizmodo.com/5893817/the-conc...ster-that-just
-couldnt-stop-crashing http://tinyurl.com/ya7bmz7s

"The worst passenger airplane in the world is probably the Tupolev
Tu-144, which operated scheduled passenger service from just 1977 to
1978.":
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-wo...e-in-the-world


Bounce, bounce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRr_rlDOIdQ


I was referring to America abandoning manned
space flight and instead relying on the Russians
to get Americans into orbit.

All they have to do is say "Nyet" and our
entire astronaut program collapses.


The Russians are under contract to carry Americans ($80M/astronaut) to the
shuttle until 2019 when SpaceX and Boeing hopefully have their space launch
vehicles certified.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/16/1...onaut-iss-2018



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