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Russian Kliper not Funded by ESA

Posted by samzenpus on from the you're-cut-off dept.

anzha writes "It seems that while the Russians are making plans for the future, they are doing so alone. Space.com has an article profiling the Russian Kliper program. Largely seen as a response to the American CEV, the Russians had been stating the ESA would be supporting the enterprise as well. However, this week, ESA decided not to fund the project."

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  1. ESA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, ESA funds you.

  2. Where have I seen this before? by shaneh0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The fastest growing job in the space industry has got to be doing concept drawings.

    Ohhhhh yeeeaaaah, we have a surrrrging aerospace industry. Our engineers drew almost 1.2 Trillion--with a T--dollars worth of spaceships, last quarter alone. This is a *10% increase* over the same period last year, where only 1,120,234,323 tons of spaceship were drawn.

    Analysts are expecting another great year of spaceship drawing in 2006. Even amid these boom years, some are warning against irrational exuberence. "It may seem crazy now, but we could reach a point where people actually stop responding to concept drawings of spaceships and may want actual spaceships." You be the judge.