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If things couldn't get worse in Bangladesh...
That place is close to hell on earth, in many more ways than one. Dave Parrish I once saw a book that rated every country in the world on its desirability to vacation there based on quality of hotels, safety concerns etc. Bangladesh was near the bottom of the list along with Afghanistan. One of the places described as a hell hole of a place to visit that some people might have not have even heard of is French Guiana. |
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JSTONE9352 wrote in message One of the places described as a hell hole of a place to visit that some people might have not have even heard of is French Guiana. About the only people whom have heard of it, are the ESA Agency personnel at Kourokou, and the surviving "elite" from Devils Island. Most people don't know that France borders Brazil, French Guiana is an overseas Department of France, so is technically France and uses the Euro currency. Dave |
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Scottishmoney wrote:
JSTONE9352 wrote in message One of the places described as a hell hole of a place to visit that some people might have not have even heard of is French Guiana. About the only people whom have heard of it, are the ESA Agency personnel at Kourokou, and the surviving "elite" from Devils Island. Most people don't know that France borders Brazil, French Guiana is an overseas Department of France, so is technically France and uses the Euro currency. Hmm, I would not be that harsh. Almost every time we read/hear about a launch (or failed launch ...) at Kourou, they mention Guyane and sometimes show a map :-) Christian |
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 08:32:14 -0400, "Scottishmoney"
wrote: We almost never hear anything about the Ariane rockets here, or much serious mention of the ESA either. We will ignore them like Boeing and McDonnell Douglas ignored Airbus back in the 1970's :0 I think we'd hear more here if this was rec.collecting.large-fireworks or am I being too literal...? |
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Christian Feldhaus wrote in message Hmm, I would not be that harsh. Almost every time we read/hear about a launch (or failed launch ...) at Kourou, they mention Guyane and sometimes show a map :-) Christian We almost never hear anything about the Ariane rockets here, or much serious mention of the ESA either. We will ignore them like Boeing and McDonnell Douglas ignored Airbus back in the 1970's :0 Dave "They should have seen it coming" |
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Darren wrote in message I think we'd hear more here if this was rec.collecting.large-fireworks or am I being too literal...? Early on in the space race the Soviets and the director of their programme Sergei Korolyev got lots of laughs at the American Space program, which was better known then for failure. That the American Explorer got up in 1958 was more dumb luck than anything else. Face it space travel is dangerous, just when you think you know everything, something like Columbia back in Feb comes along like million pound lorry to give you a reality check. Dave |
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Tell me about it. Columbia fell all over my county. I'll never forget that
morning... Jay in Garrison, TX snip " Face it space travel is dangerous, just when you think you know everything, something like Columbia back in Feb comes along like million pound lorry to give you a reality check. Dave |
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