Ace Dreamer Wrote:While I might be sure that blackmailing Mr Duree would be enjoyed by some, pulling his (political) teeth seems likely far more effective.Yeah *G*
he is one of the industry CEOs who lobbied against the pressure of the energy industry to stop the Aurora project... but he is (link some French people) a little bit too influenced by the "Professor panic"
Quote:"‘Sometimes our neighbors across the English Channel are a just difficult’ the ESA General Director thought and sighed.
“Mr. Duree, we selected this group of Fen because of multiple reasons. At first they have a mobile space station that large enough to easily house our team of forty astronauts."
Technical point - I was taught on the UK calls it the "English Channel", but that was some time ago, now.
Which tells you that the ESA director in 2017/2018 is from the UK.
Quote:I think that should be "First", not "At first".Will include it in the final story.
Quote:I only realised afterwards that I kept reading 'Duree' as 'Dupree'...LOL... another one!