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[i]NASA has an agreement to ship all Canadian astronauts up to the space station as long at it's in orbit, which is until at least 2020. Because it helped build the space station using the giant robotic Canadarms, Canada gets "credits" for trips to the space station. That basically means it's able to send an astronaut with the Americans picking up the tab, under a barter system. One small problem: Canada has no credits left after Hadfield's flight. "We've used up all our credits for transport of Canadian astronauts to the International Space Station," Leclerc said. "We're trying to negotiate a flight before 2019, obviously."[/i]
[i]"It's not something we can afford," he said, adding that the going rate for a seat on a Soyuz is between $50 million and $60 million.[/i]
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