Re: [sarex] MIR

["ing. F. Bernardini" <fbi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 K6due@aol.com wrote:

> MOSCOW (AP) - The last full-time crew undocked from the Mir and glided toward 
> Earth early Saturday, bidding farewell to the rust-stained, rattling,                                               
> 13-year-old Russian space station in preparation for its abandonment next 
> year. 
> 


Rust stained, rattling ...

Peculiar viewpoint, isn't it ?

I wonder if only US aluminum doesn't rust ...
Or maybe it is because the Shuttle Columbia (18 years old) get a good 
scrape and a face lift after each mission.

Sorry Roy. It is just that I hate this kind of news reports.

73s

			Fabrizio Bernardini
			fbi@aec2000.it


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