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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Things aint so bad
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Date: Sat, 19-Sep-87 20:21:34 EDT
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>        ... The Progress vehicles (essentially unmanned
>   Soyuzs) used to resupply Salyut and Mir have been bringing back down
>   film packages...  etc for years.

Mmm, you might want to re-check this.  The normal Progress is a Soyuz
derivative, not just an unmanned Soyuz, and lacks a heatshield.  It burns
up on re-entry.  Cargo return has been via Soyuz.
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"There's a lot more to do in space   |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
than sending people to Mars." --Bova | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry