Astronautics: Baikonur extended lease till 2050

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Russian govmt agreed to extended the lease of Baikonur site futur space launches till 2050.

- 80'000 onsite people have jobs related to the spaceport operations

- many militar launches will be moved to another russian's site

- more comercial launches will take place in the next years

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3384501.stm