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Isro with Nasa's help can send astronauts to ISS using SpaceX Dragon 2
2019-03-09
The Times of India web site wouldn't permit even one sentence cut and paste, so the text is from NASASpaceFlight.com and the Times can take a flying f...
[Times of India] Statement by former NASA administrator Charles Bolden, made today at some space conference in New Delhi:

Isro and Nasa can work out a joint mission to ISS for bio-medical research. If both agencies agree on the mission and work out the cost-sharing deal for the programme, Nasa will contract a space vehicle from Space X for the mission. The joint collaboration is possible.

Just another glimpse of the new opportunities that were initiated by the successful Crew Dragon demo. Half a year ago, they were talking about buying one Soyuz seat. Now it's about chartering a Crew Dragon.

NASAspaceflight.com discussion link here.

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