Astronautics: Baikonur extended lease till 2050
Tue, 2005-01-18 13:00 — admin
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