Re: KAZAKHSTAN'S SPACESHIP JUNKYARD (EurasiaNet Photo Essay, 2002)

From: Reed Snellenberger (rsnellenberger_at_houston.rr.com)
Date: 03/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:23:44 GMT

Pat Flannery wrote:
>
> What the hell is photo # 11 about? Did the cattle get too near some
> Proton fuel, or were they shot for counterrevolutionary sympathies?
>

Isn't it obvious?

"The tank that fell and killed these poor animals had just been removed
when this picture was taken. You must pay me for six head of cattle!"

Training the cattle to lie down on command with the appropriate spacing
to match an R-7 booster was so difficult that cattle retraining costs
were the real reason for canceling Energia... 

-- 
Reed Snellenberger
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rsnellenberger-at-houston.rr.com

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