Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Intelsat salvage mission
Message-ID: <1990Aug16.041135.17228@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <2757@inews.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 90 04:11:35 GMT

In article <2757@inews.intel.com> dbraun@cadev4.UUCP () writes:
>Since the Soviets are using a relatively large number of Soyuz and
>Progress vehicles, do they reuse or rebuild them, or at least reuse a lot of
>parts?  Or do they just give them to museums, like we did?

I believe they are starting to re-use some of their unmanned recoverable
spacecraft (which are based on the manned designs), but I don't *think*
they've done it on a manned mission yet.  It ought to be possible with
the Soyuz reentry module.  The Progress freighters burn up on reentry.

>Also, to they still parachute out of the capusle after re-entry, or
>do they land in it?

They've been landing in the capsule for a long time.
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