Posted on 05/20/2004 2:45:23 PM PDT by tricky_k_1972
PARIS -- An embarrassed European Space Agency (ESA) on May 19 retracted an earlier assertion that its small Proba Earth observation satellite took a remarkably clear image of China’s Great Wall as it orbited 600 kilometers overhead.
"The Great Wall’s relative visibility or otherwise from orbit has inspired much recent debate," the agency said in a May 11 press release accompanying a satellite image purporting to show "a winding segment of the 7,240-kilometer-long Great Wall of China situated just northeast of Beijing."
The image turns out to have been of a river feeding into the Miyun Reservoir. "Further acquisitions of the region are being planned with other ESA instruments to investigate the subject further," ESA said in a May 19 statement. The agency thanked professors from California State University and the Fudan University of Shanghai for helping correct the error.
I wonder if it hurts to be that stupid . . .
Nahhh... they're Europeans - not sentient lifeforms.
Evidently not. Ask Genius John Kerry:
"people who go to the Supreme Court ought to interpret the Constitution as it is interpreted, and if they have another point of view, then they're not supporting the Constitution, which is what a judge does."
Maybe they were using feet instead of meters???
It's actually before/after pics of the Three Gorges Dam site..
LOL! Yeah, a "thanks" that was about as spontaneous as a Swiss watch.
These Eureans, trying so hard to get one up and then having to thank others (or was it oops, sorry) from the U.S. and China for helping to clarify things.
"people who go to the Supreme Court ought to interpret the Constitution as it is interpreted, and if they have another point of view, then they're not supporting the Constitution, which is what a judge does."
Was that his position before he was against it or after he voted for it? I'm all confused. These Kerry flip-flops make as much sense as a football bat.
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