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Romanian Team Entering X-Prize competition
cripkd writes "Although two days passed already I am proud to announce that a Romanian team launched a sub-orbital unmanned flight. Demonstrator 2 is a prototype to the actual shuttle they will enter in the X-Prize competition, build with 30,000 USD, pocket money, as they say, compared to the other projects. The project's home site is here and an article about the launch can be found here.
PS. And it's all ecological as they produce oxygen and water vapours :)"
It's not that you're in US that you here these stories. They mostly come from tabloids, in any country. Romanian people are friendly just like in many other neighbouring countries. I've met very many of them. Much of the crime or fraud and other unusual acts in Europe is perpetrated by Romanian gipsies instead, giving more material for tabloids and similar shitty press.
Remember that virus/security company that MS recently purchased a few month ago? It is based in Romania. There's no grain of salt in it. Try reading encyclopedia and other proper sources for good information about the country. The problem with many people in US that they don't know much about the geography and culture of other countries, especially in the Eastern block.
BTW, I'm not from there myself.