Chuck Kuecker [ckuecker@mcs.net] wrote:
>It looks to me like the powers that be would rather enjoy a fireworks
>disply costing billions than spend a few thousand to preserve. Remember
>Skylab!
Putting Mir into a long-lived orbit would cost at least hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars; dropping it into the atmosphere will cost a few million. No contest for a nation that would probably be bankrupt without American taxpayers' money.