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Space Travelers Get V-Day Off -- But No Vodka
Moscow (AFP) May 08, 2005 There was good news and bad news Sunday for the Russian-American pair orbiting earth aboard the International Space Station: They get the day off Monday to celebrate World War II Victory Day, but they can't raise a glass of anything alcoholic to toast the event. "Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips will rest and talk to their families on the phone," RIA Novosti news agency quoted a spokesman at Russia's mission control center as saying. "The only difference from many earthlings is that the cosmonauts cannot toast the holiday with a '100 grams for the front' - the dry law aboard the ISS is strictly enforced," the spokesman said, using the Russian idiom for drinking a healthy shot of vodka before going into combat. The report recalled that Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov, speaking at a press conference after his return from space last month, suggested that being allowed to indulge in a wee dram of cognac or wine occasionally would help the ISS occupants perform their duties. An occasional drink would also help "ease the psychological pressure" associated with spending months at a time floating weightless in a metal box careering through space, he said. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Space Station News at Space-Travel.Com
NASA Had No Choice But To Buy Soyuz Flights
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2006NASA's announcement last week that it will pay Roskosmos $43.6 million for a round-trip ride to the International Space Station this spring, and an equivalent figure for an as-yet-undetermined number of future flights to the station until 2012, represents the agency's acknowledgment that it had no alternative. |
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