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Nigeria launches afronaut into space!
Dateline Reuters Oct 24 2103
Nigeria announced today that they have sucessfully launched their first afronaut into space. The launch vehicle, powered with ethanol, was a bit short of fuel due to the big party thrown by the launch crew. The NASA director congratulated Nigeria, commenting that it was just as well that the rocket was short on fuel since it had no retro-rockets. The retro rockets are budgeted for next year. Dr. Mfone Gwaly, known to his friends as Mf, insisted that the spacecraft was in a true orbit, even if the minor axis was less than the diameter of the earth. Rastus, the chosen afronaut, was happy with the situation; actually the entire launch crew were very happy that they had chosen ethanol as the rocket fuel. It is an indication of their superior culture, using a native produced fuel, as well as the fact that they had launched the very first all-african space ship. The flight was considered a complete success despite the failure of the communication system. Research is expected to explain why the drums failed to be heard from space. Western sources expect an electrical system to be added before the next launch. -- Committees of Correspondence web page; free men own guns - slaves don't www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5357/ |
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Nigeria launches afronaut into space!
"Nick Hull" wrote in message ... Dateline Reuters Oct 24 2103 Nigeria announced today that they have sucessfully launched their first afronaut into space. The launch vehicle, powered with ethanol, was a bit short of fuel due to the big party thrown by the launch crew. The NASA director congratulated Nigeria, commenting that it was just as well that the rocket was short on fuel since it had no retro-rockets. The retro rockets are budgeted for next year. Dr. Mfone Gwaly, known to his friends as Mf, insisted that the spacecraft was in a true orbit, even if the minor axis was less than the diameter of the earth. Rastus, the chosen afronaut, was happy with the situation; actually the entire launch crew were very happy that they had chosen ethanol as the rocket fuel. It is an indication of their superior culture, using a native produced fuel, as well as the fact that they had launched the very first all-african space ship. The flight was considered a complete success despite the failure of the communication system. Research is expected to explain why the drums failed to be heard from space. Western sources expect an electrical system to be added before the next launch. Did their rocked have a neon green spoiler and an obnoxiously loud exhaust pipe? |
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Nigeria launches afronaut into space!
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:56:35 -0700, "Dick Justice"
wrote: "Nick Hull" wrote in message ... Dateline Reuters Oct 24 2103 Nigeria announced today that they have sucessfully launched their first afronaut into space. The launch vehicle, powered with ethanol, was a bit short of fuel due to the big party thrown by the launch crew. The NASA director congratulated Nigeria, commenting that it was just as well that the rocket was short on fuel since it had no retro-rockets. The retro rockets are budgeted for next year. Dr. Mfone Gwaly, known to his friends as Mf, insisted that the spacecraft was in a true orbit, even if the minor axis was less than the diameter of the earth. Rastus, the chosen afronaut, was happy with the situation; actually the entire launch crew were very happy that they had chosen ethanol as the rocket fuel. It is an indication of their superior culture, using a native produced fuel, as well as the fact that they had launched the very first all-african space ship. The flight was considered a complete success despite the failure of the communication system. Research is expected to explain why the drums failed to be heard from space. Western sources expect an electrical system to be added before the next launch. Did their rocked have a neon green spoiler and an obnoxiously loud exhaust pipe? Their military is finding the SR-71 we gave them much more difficult to use than the Mig-25 they used in the past. Being made mostly of titanium, it's much more difficult to beat into spearheads than the steel Mig was. ;-) - Rusty Barton - Antelope, California |
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Nigeria launches afronaut into space!
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 05:51:18 -0700, Rusty Barton
wrote: snip Their military is finding the SR-71 we gave them much more difficult to use than the Mig-25 they used in the past. Being made mostly of titanium, it's much more difficult to beat into spearheads than the steel Mig was. ;-) The MiG-25, or large parts of it, is made out of Titanium. -- Robb McLeod ) A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a work station... |
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