Yuri Koptev, head of the Russian Space agency said that Russia could work with the US but blasted Bush on the spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts to the space station, the moon and Mars. He said that each destination has different demands and sees no fisable soulution. Also he said the they must first complete the ISS and aslo finally after a 2 year wait he want to deliver a key component the Zvezda service module and increase staff to 6 astronauts aboard the ISS also he said this a political ploy for re-election quote from Koptev "We understand that to a large extent our U.S. colleagues came up with these plans as part of a pre-election campaign," he said, adding funding was the primary barrier.

Do you have the original link for the story? Because I want to read more about it?

dude.....he's russian.....come on

Originally posted by Kriskaos
he said this a political ploy for re-election quote from Koptev "We understand that to a large extent our U.S. colleagues came up with these plans as part of a pre-election campaign," he said, adding funding was the primary barrier.

Well duh....thanks Comrade Obvious! Just figured that out over there in Russia?

like me the russians want to go first and try to tackle usa plans..

Originally posted by silQ
dude.....he's russian.....come on

your point is?