While you are waiting for the Soyuz photos, here's some very nice ones taken from the ground by some french guy.http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/STS-134.html
I think you are missing the point. The term "export control" is likely a cover, between the US and Russia not Russia and K-stan, used to get some financial reward for the pictures.
Quote from: OV-106 on 06/06/2011 08:45 pmI think you are missing the point. The term "export control" is likely a cover, between the US and Russia not Russia and K-stan, used to get some financial reward for the pictures. Cover or not, but trust me, the word "export control" is a very real legal term, arising from treaties likehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassenaar_Arrangementand the more general concept ofhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilateral_export_control_regimeand yes, if an item is on the export control list (you know, customs have computers with databases in that part of the world ) -- you have an instant excuse for not letting it pass (actually, from a formal point of view, a customs officer risks dismissal and prosecution, if he/she bends the rules and ignores the requirement).