On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 01:30:06 -0700, Damon Hill
wrote:

On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 18:49:29 -0700, james_anatidae wrote:

Now that the European Space Agency will be buying Soyuz rockets, do any
of you eggheads in here think might start developing a manned space
program in the next couple decades? It would be a nice feather in the
cap for the EU (And yes I know the two aren't officially connected).


Remember Hermes?

Didn't think so.


Couldn't the ESA use the ATV as a building block to create a manned
capsule?

- Rusty Barton