credit NASA / caption: International Space Station with all of its solar arrays after STS-119
On 16 May 2009 NASA's International Space Station (ISS) programme manager Michael Suffredini spoke to Hyperbola about what he would tell the Norman Augustine led US human spaceflight plans review, what truth there is in the $51 million Soyuz seat price rumour, how a mission to leave a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module at station permanently could be carried out and docking adaptor standards discussions with the European Space Agency
Go through to the extended portion of this blog post to watch the video. The interview occured at Thales Alenia Space's plant in Turin, Italy at ESA's departure ceremony for the ISS' Tranquility Node 3 module
on May 18, 2009 6:43 PM | Reply
Wonder how big the bonus for solar panel #4 was. With the unlimited free credit gushing, why can't Soyuz flights be a $ billion?