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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (129589)	8/4/2005 1:36:44 AM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793927

The real question irking me is that there's too little political will in Europe to create a space program at least matching NASA's. Wish there were millions of youths like your son who are interested or even take part in space activities. The ESA is far from a system comparable to the Space Shuttle. There are just plans for an unmanned vehicle to be used after 2006: Automated Transfer Vehicle en.wikipedia.org People have talked about the Russian "Klipper" en.wikipedia.org but I wouldn't bet on it.