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January 10th 04, 09:14 AM
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Leading country for space exploration ?
Umm, does anyone else find it funny that the leading manned spacefairing
nation on earth is now (effectively) ....... Kazakhstan ? 
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January 10th 04, 10:00 PM
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Leading country for space exploration ?
Scott Moore wrote:
Umm, does anyone else find it funny that the leading manned spacefairing nation on earth is now (effectively) ....... Kazakhstan ? Whats funny about it? -- Sander +++ Out of cheese error +++
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January 10th 04, 10:05 PM
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Leading country for space exploration ?
Sander Vesik wrote in
: Scott Moore wrote: Umm, does anyone else find it funny that the leading manned spacefairing nation on earth is now (effectively) ....... Kazakhstan ? Whats funny about it? What's funny to me is that it isn't true. Kazakhstan is just where Russia launches from, and dumps their spent stages. They lack the knowledge and manufacturing base to do it on their own. If Kazakhstan kicked the Russians out of Baikonur, Kazakhstan would never again launch anything bigger than an Estes toy rocket, while Russia could still launch from Plesetsk. Russia is a lot less dependent on Kazakhstan than say, Europe is on French Guiana. -- JRF Reply-to address spam-proofed - to reply by E-mail, check "Organization" (I am not assimilated) and think one step ahead of IBM.
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January 12th 04, 10:51 AM
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Leading country for space exploration ?
"Scott Moore" wrote in message
news:1oPLb.12385$5V2.20134@attbi_s53... Umm, does anyone else find it funny that the leading manned spacefairing nation on earth is now (effectively) ....... Kazakhstan ? umm .. what exactly are they "exploring" ? -kert
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January 12th 04, 01:47 PM
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Leading country for space exploration ?
"Kaido Kert" wrote in
: "Scott Moore" wrote in message news:1oPLb.12385$5V2.20134@attbi_s53... Umm, does anyone else find it funny that the leading manned spacefairing nation on earth is now (effectively) ....... Kazakhstan ? umm .. what exactly are they "exploring" ? Perhaps "colonizing" would have been more appropriate.
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January 13th 04, 08:23 PM
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Leading country for space exploration ?
Jorge R. Frank wrote:
Sander Vesik wrote in : Scott Moore wrote: Umm, does anyone else find it funny that the leading manned spacefairing nation on earth is now (effectively) ....... Kazakhstan ? Whats funny about it? What's funny to me is that it isn't true. Kazakhstan is just where Russia launches from, and dumps their spent stages. They lack the knowledge and manufacturing base to do it on their own. If Kazakhstan kicked the Russians out of Baikonur, Kazakhstan would never again launch anything bigger than an Estes toy rocket, while Russia could still launch from Plesetsk. Russia is a lot less dependent on Kazakhstan than say, Europe is on French Guiana. I'm sure they will be more than successful in renting the facilities and know-how to China, Pakistan, India and possibly also Iran and Brazil. And that is a short-list I can come up with without even trying. -- Sander +++ Out of cheese error +++
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