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."

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Re:The World Catches Up

[mister.morden]

So Europe is finally catching up with America? One day they might even have escalators over there or get rid of their donkey carts.

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.