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

From: Pat Flannery (flanner_at_daktel.com)
Date: 03/22/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:40:55 -0600

Reed Snellenberger wrote:

>
> 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...

Oddly enough, that was the first thought that occurred to me also...
would a Kazak rancher pull something like this?
Nah, they are honest as the day is long... at Murmansk on the Winter
Solstice. :-)

Pat

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