There's no other way to say it: NASA's planned reliance on
Russian Soyuz capsules to carry astronauts to the International
Space Station, once the space shuttle is retired in 2010, is
looking increasingly dubious in the face of that country's
continued strong-arm tactics in the former Soviet state (and US
ally) of Georgia.
With most of the world's attention this weekend focused on
Russia's military action in the former Soviet state of Georgia --
and, oh yeah, the Olympics -- Iran announced Sunday it successfully
tested a rocket capable of lifting a satellite into orbit. But
officials in the United States say that's highly unlikely.
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