I thought the shuttle had a higher payload than the Russian rockets, anyway, not that it matter considering the condition of the shuttle fleet.
I thought it was funny considering the Russian position on the Iran nuclear issue. > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 5:18 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Israel Launches > > The Russians have the best heavy lifting rockets in the world. We went for > high tech, they went with low. In the end, theirs cost less. > > The interesting thing is the satellite can see things on the ground as > small > as about 27 inches. They also have 2 others up there and a fourth planned > which will be able to take pictures at night and through cloud covering. > That means Israel will have better intelligence about Iran and their > activities than we do. I wonder if they'll share with us (we don't always > share with them) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205429 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
