Human rated spacecraft

[alokmohan]

For the first time in 40 years of space activities, a silent revolution is taking place at the European launch site in Kourou. Jules Vernes, the first human-rated spacecraft to be launched from Europe's Spaceport, is being prepared for launch. <br /><br />The 48 m3 pressurised module of the largest, most complex automated spacecraft ever developed in Europe has been inspected and closed, fulfilling the most stringent rules of human spaceflight. Three days later, the two halves of the 20-tonne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) - the avionics/propulsion module and the pressurised cargo carrier - were mated ready for its launch, scheduled for February 2008, to re-supply the International Space Station (ISS). <br /><br />"In order to eliminate any risk of disease or contamination http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071219/sc_nm/genetics_wine_dc<br />

 

[Swampcat]

Your link has nothing to do with ATV. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>