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Subject: Soviet permanently manned station.
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Date: Sat, 22-Feb-86 11:50:23 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 22 11:50:23 1986
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Two nights back I was watching our local news which reported of the
latest soviet achievement, the launch of their PERMANENT MANNED
STATION, named 'Peace'(Mir).

I would be glad to read some comments and info on this, all I know
is that the station is called a third generation version by the
soviets and it will form the central core of a larger entity. It
appears to be equipped with several(4-6, I reckon) docking ports
which can probably be used to attach specific expansion modules of
Kosmos type to the core and also Progress supply vehicles as well
as Souyz manned spacecraft. According to our news, the station will
indeed be manned permanently.

My first impression was, that the launch was a logical continuation
of the soviet program and the slow but definite development of the
the soviet shuttle(s,?) fits well into the picture.

As mentioned, if there is someone reading the net, who knows more
about this, I'd be glad to learn more.

What are the current plans concerning the Hubble telescope? Any
chance, that it would be launched this year?

Are there any comprehensive material available on these TAV's? Some
type of review would be nice. If someone has some references,
they would be most welcome.

Greetings from northern Europe,

Tero Siili,
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland