At 02:28 PM Monday 10/25/04, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> The Alcantara Base should give Brazil a strong advantage over
> competitors.
>
> Only 2.3 degrees from the Equator, the base is considered the perfect
> launch site.
>
It is the best place in the world to launch satellites: close to the
equator, dry weater [it almost never rains there] and a huge
ocean to the East.
Except when they have reason to go "Oops!"
-- Ronn! :)
"Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever."
-- Konstantin E. Tsiolkovskiy
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