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There’s more from RIA Novosti about a proposal to have Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft back up Russian spacecraft that will be supplying the International Space Station with crew and cargo. It quotes Roscosmos Head Anatoly Perminov as saying that Chinese vehicles meet all existing safety requirements to backup Soyuz and Progress spacecraft. According to him, the Chinese can support the program after shuttle retirement in 2011, when Russia remains the only […]https://parabolicarc.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/shenzhou7recovery-229x300.jpg