CHANGE: NASA Hitches a Ride on a Russian Craft, and Begins a New Dependent Phase.

UPDATE: Rand Simberg: NASA is not “hitching a ride.” “‘Hitching a ride’ implies that we are getting it for free. We are paying for taxi services, and because they are a monopoly provider, we are paying too much. But the problem isn’t buying rides, it’s that we’re paying too much for them, and not purchasing them from American providers. This is something that could be fixed within three years, but the Congress is cutting the funding to do so so that it can build a giant (in both size and cost) unneeded rocket that won’t fly for at least a decade.”