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Russian officials said Wednesday their country's new Kliper spaceship will never become an alternative to the U.S. space shuttles. The Novosti news agency Wednesday quoted Anatoly Perminov, director of the Russian Space Agency, as saying: "Kliper will not be able to become an alternative to the shuttles neither by amount of astronauts transported by the ship, nor by loading capacity. That is why the assumption made by the media that with Kliper, Russia will be able to stop using Space Shuttles is not true." Russia will exhibit a full-scale model of Kliper during the MAKS international airspace show opening in Moscow next week, Perminov added. Officials said Kliper is to replace the disposable Soyuz spacecraft that is currently used to supply the International Space Station. The main difference of the Kliper from the U.S. space shuttle project and the Russian shuttle Buran is that it is made of two parts and only the piloted compartment is capable of multiple uses. The hardware compartment is disposable, just as are current Russian spaceships. One Kliper spacecraft will be capable of 25 space missions, MosNews reported. All rights reserved. Copyright 2005 by United Press International. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by United Press International. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of by United Press International. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
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Washington (AFP) Aug 08, 2005Problems faced by the Discovery shuttle have rekindled debate over the US manned space program, with opponents saying stopping it would save billions of dollars and reduce the risk to human life. |
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