Euro Space Shuttle first prototype

[Ahdkaw]

And just look how much nicer it is than the US Space Shuttle:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EADS_Phoenix

Go Euro! Go Euro!

 

[Hypes]

I love it.

This is really what Europe needs - some sort of common goal. Just look what it did to the States in the 60s. Brilliant move.

 

[Brian G Turner]

Heh, the CGI shot makes it look so beautiful. Really glad the ESA is developing something - onward and upward with space flight!

 

[littlemissattitude]

Very nice. It looks a lot like the space ships in fifties science fiction films and serials, except that it lands like a plane, apparently, and not on it's end like in the movies. This is very cool. I hope it works out.

 

[Ahdkaw]

The photograph of the prototype is a bit big though, especially considering that about 70% of it is sky, trees, grass, and runway!