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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-01-08 02:03 PM
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Special delivery -- ESA


Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), dubbed Jules Verne, is encased on top of the Ariane 5 launcher that will carry it into space on 8 March. The 20-tonne vehicle is the largest payload ever launched by Ariane 5.


(Just think how many wars of choice they could have bought with the money they lavished on that thing!:sarcasm:)
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Cobalt-60 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-01-08 04:46 PM
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1. Spacecraft ar e a pretty good value
But I'll bet they could ruin Lichtenstein or a Channel Island for its cost.
Bush's new poodle will weep for the lost opportunity.
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