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Russia Tops With 45% of Spacecraft Launches in 2006
knight17 writes "This year was a really good year for space exploring nations, but Russians may be the most happiest among them, because they grabbed a huge 45% of the spacecraft launching market this year. The coming year is also very good for Russian space programs, since next year they will finish the GLONASS navigation project. The US is in second place, and China & Japan in third with six launches each. The Russian officials said that the launches of spacecrafts will be lesser than what this year has been seen."
Europe is not a country. It is a continent, and Russia is part of it.
look! it's a bird, it's a plane, it's....a girl? yes, a girl browsing Slashdot on Linux
Well, I for one welcome our billions-of-dollar firework overlords.
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"All you have to do is be fragile and grateful. So stay the underdog." Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
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