Has anybody noticed that the Russian space ship ( As old as the shuttle) still goes up monthly without snags and does not give a **** about weather either. And most of it is re used on every flight!!
And the cargo is : American astronaughts and parts for the space station mostly built by the Russians.
Remember the multi million dollar pen to write in space. The Russians just took a pencil!
KEEP IT SIMPLE!!!
Almost forgot they already took a whole lot of tourists with for a small fee. And I think if you win the Ebucks contest FNB will rather pay $20 mil for Soyuz than billions for the shuttle.
And the satellite rockets are now powered by Ruskie engines because they work better.