[Native American Female Vet]

"The pitch is clear: China has rockets for sale -- cheap BUMP

[ChaseR]

"It will allow Long March to go head to head for the heaviest payloads
with the new Atlas 5 and Delta 4 rockets being built for the Air Force..."

Vet, I phoned a friend about this article (here at FR.com) just 20 minutes ago - he said, "...after Sept. 11th, he really couldn't handle anymore bad news..."

Unfortunately, the Head in the Sand Syndrome" had set in -and I understand this - possibly, like the lack of posts in this thread.

(Buck-up fellow posters, now's the time to be strong - - not the time for whimpering!