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2020-07-23 Europe

France to develop a X-37 like space shuttle.

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Posted by 3dc 2020-07-23 00:22|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Doesn't sound too eco-friendly to me.

Posted by Clem 2020-07-23 07:31|| 2020-07-23 07:31|| Front Page Top

#2 Hope the budget includes a cotter pin to keep the propellor, or in this case, a rocket engine, from falling off....

Posted by USN,Ret. 2020-07-23 09:25|| 2020-07-23 09:25|| Front Page Top

#3 "Look, Pierre, I know you are a hard-core Leftist, but it is still righty-tighty, lefty-loosie."

Posted by SteveS 2020-07-23 10:39|| 2020-07-23 10:39|| Front Page Top

#4 It only turns to Fornax.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-07-23 11:09|| 2020-07-23 11:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Europe unveils design of reusable rocket that looks a lot like a Falcon 9(arstechnica.com)
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...

Posted by magpie 2020-07-23 12:20|| 2020-07-23 12:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Furthermore, it can deliver with tactical accuracy a quiche lorraine from low earth orbit, or a strategic camembert strike.
This might actually be useful.

Posted by ed in texas 2020-07-23 15:37|| 2020-07-23 15:37|| Front Page Top

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