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Europe to Join Russia Building Next Space Shuttle
An anonymous reader writes "Development agreement takes shape during the Paris Air Show
It's all but official--Russia and Europe will soon embark on a cooperative effort to build a next-generation manned space shuttle. Speaking at the Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, France, in June, Russian space officials confirmed earlier reports from Moscow that their partners at the European Space Agency would join the Russian effort to build a new reusable orbiter, dubbed Kliper."
Yeah but that would mean the entire crew would have to transfer their entire tape collection to CD.
You'd have thought that they would have learned enough not to deploy a reusable shuttle based on the bad experience of NASA with these things. It's just not a cost effective way to run a space program.
Turgidson:
Is that the Russian Ambassador you're talking about?
Muffley:
Yes, it is, General.
Turgidson:
Ahh, am I to understand the Russian Ambassador is to be admitted entrance to the War Room?
Muffley:
That is correct. He is here on my orders.
Turgidson:
I... I don't know exactly how to put this, sir, but are you aware of what a serious breach of security that would be? I mean... begins closing his notebooks he'll see everything. He'll see the big board!
Muffley:
That is precisely the idea, General. That is precisely the idea. Stains, get Premier Kissov on the Hotline.
Apologies to George C Scott and Peter Sellers.
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... must be KDE.
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Klippy: I see you are building a space shuttle. Would you like me to overrun the budget?
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