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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."
the EU and not this! ha.
I don't see how anyone can think the US is falling behind when a couple guys in a garage in Mojave are pretty much doing the same thing as this EU/Russian partnership.
Oh boy. And those Russians, they must be eager to finally have a space program of their own ;-)
North America and Europe are falling behind - the Chinese are coming and this time, their plans don't include their Red Army. I don't see any real (as in long-term) concepts and in 50 years or so we might see them as the #1 political (as in backed by military) power of the world.
Oh, come off it. You could be more nonsensical, but it would be difficult. You could as easily say Europe and Russia get all upset and react with a mix of anger, contempt and disdain when the US disagrees with them. Eg Kyoto, Iraq. (Bolton!? what kind of crack do you have to be on to assume that other countries should have a say in the ambassador a nation decides to send to the UN? I have a far greater problem with shithole despotic countries like Zimbabwe even having a SAY in a world organization.)
... and it even got modded up!
Now tell us, how is 'space' a 'big problem'?
And how exactly do you loose [sic] if Europe and Russia decide to build a reusable orbiter? What 'future' you allude to is Russia building by reconfiguring the Soyuz with European help that makes you pine for it?
Talk about your retarded hysterical overreactions
Isn't it the mood in which Chirac and Schroeder live? Until next elections would wipe them out as they are so incompetent on internal matters that they can't use that to hide their international failures. And kissing up to Russia is a kind of French tradition, at least since they kicked the Napoleon's ass.