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On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 13:39:37 -0000, Peter Sammon <camman722@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Ian Molton <spyro@f2s.com> wrote in
>news:20040209093833.1f1e1c99.spyro@f2s.com: 
>
>> On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 05:31:37 -0000
>> Peter Sammon <camman722@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Oh, and the British shuttle, well there you have a twenty year
>>> program. I'll make sure to purchase a volume on the British Space
>>> Program. 
>> 
>> Oh yeah, didnt the CVanadians have to build the impressive bit of the
>> shuttle - the CanadARM ? 
>
>Table scraps for our little Canuks to the north!
>
>> Oh, and (even funnier) the yanks now buy their rocket engines from the
>> Russians because the russians make them not only cheaper, but MORE
>> powerful (by quite a margine) and MORE efficient (by a massive
>> margin). 
>
>You many not understand this Ian, but as a Superpower ;-) our intent is 
>to make sure that Ivan the rocket scientist doesn't go to Iran, North 
>Korea etc and hire out his abilities. In fact much of the rationale for 
>hiring the Russian Program is to keep these guys busy. This is been in 
>print for the last ten years or more.
>
>Besides what if the French hire the little Russkie bastards!?!?!
>
>> Oh yeah, and the first yank rockets were all stolen from the
>> Germans... 
>
>To the victor go the spoils. Oh, and YOU'RE WELCOME for our saving you 
>from Nazi tyranny! 
> 
>> Oh, and the Russkies beat you into space anyway...
>
>I'm not sure if you read the papers, but it's been downhill for them ever 
>since. I'm sure you Brits relate to that! ;-)
> 
>> And the yanks NEVER built their own space station (and never will)...
>> 
>> God this is easy...
>
>Ian, Ian, Ian, things are always easy when you ignore the obvious. Ian, I 
>really hate to point it out, but here's a fact that should be part of a 
>foundation for any argumentative starting point but: Britain has no space 
>program. Nothing. 
>
>I'll try to be less *sarcastic* and more direct next time!
>
>Cheers!

Poor Peter. So envious of the Brits.