Originally Posted by MOCKBA

No shit, every second shuttle has problems.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The chill left on US-Russian relations by Moscow's military incursion into Georgia could spell problems for future US access to the International Space Station, US experts said.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will become dependent on flights to the ISS by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft when it retires the shuttle fleet that has long ferried US astronauts into space in 2010.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080825...s_080825123150

PS: AlienQ, you don't need to say anything here. Go suck some dude's cock.