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• Baikonur a Russian Company?

  Speaking of Baikonur, there’s an interesting proposal on the table to make the space station a joint-stock company with Russia holding 70% of the shares. Anatoly Perminov, head of Roscosmos, made the proposal recently and Talgat Musabayev, head of KazCosmos and well-known Kazakh astronaut, has said they will consider it. As I reported earlier, Russia […]

  4/21/11 • (Comments Off on Baikonur a Russian Company?)

• Gagarin’s Baikonur

  There’s a really nice photo essay of Baikonur by Anton Verstakov up, with great shots of the house where Gagarin stayed and even his bedroom among other things. It really is amazing how desolate Baikonur looks. Verstakov notes that the cosmodrome reminds him of Soviet times: For me it is a sort of a flashback, […]

  4/20/11 • (Comments Off on Gagarin’s Baikonur)

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  From Kazakhstan Into Space

  From Kazakhstan into Space 50 Years Ago is a great account of Gagarin’s trip and has links to more great resources. I like the idea of celebrating Yuri’s Night

  4/13/11 • (Comments Off on From Kazakhstan Into Space)

• First Orbit

  First Orbit is a documentary on Yuri Gagarin’s flight by Christopher Riley. I haven’t had a chance to watch the whole thing, but from the first bit it looks really good. It includes family photos of Gagarin and audio of his flight as well as modern space imagery. It is an hour and a half […]

  4/12/11 • (Comments Off on First Orbit)

• Baikonur at Risk?

  Russia has announced that it is building a new spaceport in the Far East of Russia near the border with China. With the Plesetsk Cosmodrome located in the far north on the Arctic Sea, there might not be much demand for Baikanur in Kazakhstan, which has been the Russian (and Soviet) main spaceport since the […]

  4/02/11 • (5)

• Ask Not What the World Has Done for Kazakhstan

  But what Kazakhstan has done for the world. My wife bought the latest issue of Cosmopolitan and I was amused by a poll asking what is the best thing that Kazakhstan has given to the world. No idea if the answers were provided by Cosmo or if people could write in whatever they wanted but […]

  5/24/10 • (Comments Off on Ask Not What the World Has Done for Kazakhstan)

• Everthenomad.com

  I thought it was appropriate that I was asked to do a guest post on a blog called Everthenomad. Anja, who runs the blog asked me to write about some of my favorite places to go. I thought it would be fun to write about some of the lesser known attractions rather than just discussing […]

  5/09/10 • (3)

• Baikanour, That’s a No-Go

  I’m just following up on an earlier post I made about Kazakhstan’s lease of Baikanour, the space center, to the Russians. After a Parliament session last week, it was decided that the price would not be raised and apparently getting Parliament’s approval of the new contract was not a difficult or controversial process. So I […]

  3/12/10 • (Comments Off on Baikanour, That’s a No-Go)

• Is Russia Making It Up?

  Just as the lease comes up on Baikanour and the Kazakhstan Parliament considers increasing the price (Subscription Only) for Russia to rent and operate the base, Russia is making accusations that Kazakhstan is interfering. The charges are sufficiently vague: Kazakhstan’s position on various matters regarding the use of the Baikonur cosmodrome is complicating the execution […]

  3/05/10 • (1)

• The Latest Space Tourist is Some Clown

  On Sept. 30, the most recent space-tourist blasted off from Baikanour for the International Space Station. Guy Laliberte who started life as a clown performing on the streets is most famous for founding the Cirque de Soleil, the troupe that blends circus performing, ballet, performance art, opera, comedy and just about any other drama of […]

  10/05/09 • (2)

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