Dwight Mansburden
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The purpose of this thread is to discuss manned missions to space, including those from NASA, Russia, and private companies such as SpaceX, Boeing, etc.
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-092122a-soyuz-ms22-crew-swap-launch.html
Yesterday, Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, launched mission MS-22, the latest in their regular series of manned Soyuz missions to the International Space Station. On board were two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, along with American astronaut Frank Rubio. Rubio was on board the Soyuz mission as part of a new Russian-American space exchange program, which will have an American astronaut on Russian spacecraft and a Russian cosmonaut on American spacecraft built by private company SpaceX. SpaceX's next manned mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to launch on October 3 with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata.
With all the bitterness from the Russia-Ukraine war and the extreme hostility towards all things Russian from the controlled "mainstream" media, it's nice to see positivity and cooperation between Russia and the U.S. Frank Rubio stated,
Inspiring words, right up there with, "We came in peace for all mankind."
It's also interesting to note that while the Russian government and private American company SpaceX are both successfully launching humans into space, NASA has failed to send any humans into space on its own government spacecraft since 2011, when the Space Shuttle program ended. Since then, they've been hitching rides with the Russians and SpaceX. Vladimir Putin and Elon Musk can do what Joe Biden cannot.
NASA's Artemis program, which is supposed to send humans into space and eventually to the moon, has been plagued by delays. The unmanned Artemis 1 test mission, which was originally supposed to launch in 2016, has been delayed for six years and counting. Launch attempts on August 29 and September 3 of this year were scrubbed due to flaws and leaks on the rocket boosters. The next attempt is scheduled for September 27.
Completely coincidentally and having no relation to its delays and failures, the Artemis program is fully diversity-obsessed and woke. Of its first 18 selected astronauts, only 3 are White men. NASA has gone from "We came in peace for all mankind" to "We come in the name of social justice war and cancel culture for only the chosen fake-oppressed groups." What a sad decline.
Just some interesting observations on space exploration on the right and wrong paths.
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-092122a-soyuz-ms22-crew-swap-launch.html
Yesterday, Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, launched mission MS-22, the latest in their regular series of manned Soyuz missions to the International Space Station. On board were two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin, along with American astronaut Frank Rubio. Rubio was on board the Soyuz mission as part of a new Russian-American space exchange program, which will have an American astronaut on Russian spacecraft and a Russian cosmonaut on American spacecraft built by private company SpaceX. SpaceX's next manned mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to launch on October 3 with NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada, Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata.
With all the bitterness from the Russia-Ukraine war and the extreme hostility towards all things Russian from the controlled "mainstream" media, it's nice to see positivity and cooperation between Russia and the U.S. Frank Rubio stated,
"I think this crew swap really represents the ongoing effort of the tremendous teams on both sides and amazing people that made this happen. I think it's important when we're at moments of possible attention elsewhere that human spaceflight and exploration — something that both agencies are incredibly passionate about — remains a form of diplomacy and partnership where we can find common ground and keep achieving things together."
Inspiring words, right up there with, "We came in peace for all mankind."
It's also interesting to note that while the Russian government and private American company SpaceX are both successfully launching humans into space, NASA has failed to send any humans into space on its own government spacecraft since 2011, when the Space Shuttle program ended. Since then, they've been hitching rides with the Russians and SpaceX. Vladimir Putin and Elon Musk can do what Joe Biden cannot.
NASA's Artemis program, which is supposed to send humans into space and eventually to the moon, has been plagued by delays. The unmanned Artemis 1 test mission, which was originally supposed to launch in 2016, has been delayed for six years and counting. Launch attempts on August 29 and September 3 of this year were scrubbed due to flaws and leaks on the rocket boosters. The next attempt is scheduled for September 27.
Completely coincidentally and having no relation to its delays and failures, the Artemis program is fully diversity-obsessed and woke. Of its first 18 selected astronauts, only 3 are White men. NASA has gone from "We came in peace for all mankind" to "We come in the name of social justice war and cancel culture for only the chosen fake-oppressed groups." What a sad decline.
Just some interesting observations on space exploration on the right and wrong paths.