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Title: Mexico set to join space race
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The Register UK
URL Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/0 ... exican_space_agency/print.html
Published: Apr 30, 2006
Author: Chris Williams
Post Date: 2006-04-30 09:09:04 by Zipporah
Keywords: None
Views: 54
Comments: 7
Mexico set to join space race By Chris Williams Published Friday 28th April 2006 10:56 GMT Mexican lawmakers are in the process of setting up a national space agency, according to Reuters. The lower house in Mexico City has given the green light to a proposal that could see rocketry in development within the year. The politicians aren't under any illusions that they'll be able to rival NASA's spend which, at about $1.6bn, is getting on for the GDP of Mongolia. A Mexican science and technology commission spokesman said: "We'd love it to become the Mexican NASA, but obviously the levels of investment are incomparable. It's very distant, perhaps not in the vision but in resources." The initial outlay would be just $2m, about enough for an inflatable globe and a bottle rocket, but it's a start. The early days of the agency will concentrate on developing technology and working with universities and industry on satellite launches. Not everyone's keen on the idea. Ruling group the National Action Party voted against the move, saying the cash would be better spent on trying to tackle widespread poverty. ®
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#1. To: Zipporah, *you gotta be shitting me*, TommythemadArtist (#0)
i second that...
"Of the corporate elites, by the corporate elites, for the corporate elites" - it's what America is all about. Now send your kids off to fight and die in Iraq so that corporate pigs get everything and we get nothing. What else have we ever fought for?~~Elliott J
the only way this could happen is if their space program was an extention of NASA of course with US paying for it!!
"The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion." Frederick Douglass
I wonder what the name of their first rocket will be? "The Speedy Gonzales," maybe?
"I aim to misbehave" -- Mal Reynolds, Firefly
Take another hit on the bong, Mexico - chill.
"The Speedy Gonzales," maybe? LOL!! OR perhaps the Flying Taco?? :P (these are the only images I could find LOL!!!!!!) "The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion." Frederick Douglass
What the fiddler's fuck is this shit??? They're going to form a fucking space agency, YET, they can't seem to find work and jobs for their indigent poor. Where the fuck are they going to come up with the cash to put a Mexican into space??? No seriously. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM. THE BILLIONS SHIPPED BACK HOME TO MEXICO FROM THE UNITED STATES THAT'S WHERE.
oh brother
#2. To: christine (#1)
#3. To: Zipporah (#0)
#4. To: Zipporah (#0)
Sudan will get to space before Mexico.
#5. To: YertleTurtle (#3)
I wonder what the name of their first rocket will be?
#6. To: Zipporah (#0)
 | What's that Mr. Nipples? You want me to ask the nice lady about her rack?. |
#7. To: TommyTheMadArtist (#6)
No seriously. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM. THE BILLIONS SHIPPED BACK HOME TO MEXICO FROM THE UNITED STATES THAT'S WHERE. ROFLMAO!! Well.. close to my same reaction although I'll say you said it so much more colorfully than I LOL!!!!!!!!! Yeah WTF is this?? Space program?? The fricken country is a failed state.. have you been to Mexico?? Dear gawd..
What the fiddler's fuck is this shit??? They're going to form a fucking space agency, YET, they can't seem to find work and jobs for their indigent poor. Where the fuck are they going to come up with the cash to put a Mexican into space???
"The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion." Frederick Douglass
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