If NASA is so great why do they need help from Russia to put men into space?
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Davros say: It has actually saved a lot of money.
A Shuttle launch cost something in the region of $450 million (not including the cost of whatever they would want to put on it). A seat on a Soyuz has, since Shuttle retirement cost between $40 - $80 million per astronaut. Since crews go up in rotations of 3 to the ISS it would be difficult to justify the cost of continued shuttle flights.
SpaceX now hope to be able to undercut the ferry costs even further.
In these days of falling NASA budgets, it's allowed the agency to concentrate the funds elsewhere, especially towards their next generation launch capabilities such as the SLS. That will be needed for any future manned exploration of space beyond Earth orbit (which is all the shuttle was ever good for).
If you think about it, it makes sense to tender out these launches to private enterprise. NASA is supposed to be about pushing forward the frontiers of exploration, not doing routine milk runs.
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ngc7331 say: NASA is great, however they need help from the Russians because the American People refuse to fund our own homegrown space program. Want NASA to send people up? Call your US Representative and tell them to fund Space Exploration
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Jim say: If the Republicans are so great, why did they need help from the Russians to put Trump in the White House?
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Self Protection Designs say: Because the Democratic Party would rather fund abortion clinics.
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tham153 say: Obama and Bush killed the Shuttle program, leaving the USA no other way to send people into space
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Adullah M say: Who said so .
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oldprof say: Because NASA no longer has the rockets to launch them to the ISS. The ISS is a minor program now for NASA.
Their major budget and programs are now focused on putting a person on Mars.
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Kylie say: Other countries help others to combine their information for further discovery.
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Davros say: It has actually saved a lot of money.
A Shuttle launch cost something in the region of $450 million (not including the cost of whatever they would want to put on it). A seat on a Soyuz has, since Shuttle retirement cost between $40 - $80 million per astronaut. Since crews go up in rotations of 3 to the ISS it would be difficult to justify the cost of continued shuttle flights.
SpaceX now hope to be able to undercut the ferry costs even further.
In these days of falling NASA budgets, it's allowed the agency to concentrate the funds elsewhere, especially towards their next generation launch capabilities such as the SLS. That will be needed for any future manned exploration of space beyond Earth orbit (which is all the shuttle was ever good for).
If you think about it, it makes sense to tender out these launches to private enterprise. NASA is supposed to be about pushing forward the frontiers of exploration, not doing routine milk runs.
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CarolOklaNola say: We used up all the Saturn 5 rockets AND all the surviving Shuttles are now displays in space museums around the country is why. The US is paying Russia about 125 million dollars per astronaut for ferry service to and from the ISS.
The NEXT generation of rockets has been in production since the middle of September 2011. NASA died NOT build rickets.
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Bill-M say: Because Congress will not fund more Money so NASA can built rockets.
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CIA say: Budget cuts. In before Orange man bad. (It was long before Trump came to office)
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