EDITORIAL: A potential problem at the International Space Station.(Editorial)

Aug. 30--The United States remains committed to partnership in the International Space Station, but it is no longer capable of launching people or supplies into space to sustain it. That was not supposed to be a problem, even after the U.S. space shuttle program ended last month. Instead, U.S. astronauts and supplies would be hauled into space by Russian spacecraft. That plan's in jeopardy after a Soyuz rocket, the usually reliable workhorse of the Russian space fleet, crashed last week. Though the spacecraft that crashed was not carrying people, it was similar to what is used to ferry astronauts. The failed craft was laden with supplies, including green apples and garlic, which the …