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EU and Russia Show Off New Lunar Spacecraft Design

Posted by timothy on from the it's-only-a-model dept.

schliz writes "Space flight planners have unveiled a new spaceship design for a joint EU/Russian trip to the Moon. The EU will be building the crew capsule, using technology developed for the automatic cargo system used to supply the International Space Station." First one to link to decent pics (the article has none) wins undying gratitude and a warm feeling inside.

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  1. Yo! USA did that FORTY FUCKING years ago !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yo! USA did that FORTY FUCKING years ago !! Lamos !!

  2. Re:Looks to me like another space race by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Ah.. a sarcastic anti-USian slashdotter. Whodathunkit? Never mind that we already did the moon before most of you were born.

    Screw the moon, I want to restart the nuclear arms race. We need to kick the U.S. weapons labs in the ass and tell them that we need weapons small enough such that one ICBM can deliver 30 MIRVS each with a ten megaton yield. In addition, we need stealthy hypersonic cruise missiles as a backup to the ICBMs.

    Hell, bring back project Pluto!

    We then need to pre-target every population center over 100k people on the planet as long as they are not on US territory, including so-called U.S. allies like France, the U.K., and Australia. For the Canadians and Mexicans we should bring back neutron weapons.

    I mean really, since it is us versus everybody else, let's just get busy already.

  3. Re:Looks to me like another space race by Alex+Belits · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Except, of course, it makes no sense -- your premise is wrong, your conclusion is wrong, and there is absolutely no logic.

    Enjoy your "prosperity" (aka debt), I guess.

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