Some Fear Russia to Become Space Cabbie

April 8th, 2007 in Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Some Fear Russia to Become Space Cabbie (AP)

A Soyuz TMA-9 booster rocket blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Monday, Sept. 18, 2006. A planned retirement of the U.S. space shuttle fleet around 2010 will make Russian spacecraft the principal carrier of the crew and cargo to the international space station, but some warn that building a larger number of aging Soyuz ships will divert resources from developing new spacecraft. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

(AP) -- It looks like a bonanza for the Russian space industries - the planned retirement of the U.S. space shuttle fleet in about three years would make Russia the principal carrier of crews and cargo to the international space station, sharply raising its revenues.

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