Europe Space Freigther Destroyed In Planned Crash

This is a very interesting look at the current and future states of space exploration.  From remotely shipping supplies to the International Space Station to departing with refuse and burning up in the atmosphere to laying the roadwork for novel manned vessels exploring "beyond the space station, to the Moon, asteroids and Mars."

'"I don't want to beat about the bush - I think it would be fantastic if there would be a mission going beyond low-Earth orbit for this barter. But once again we need to understand the technical details," said Thomas Reiter, the former German astronaut now in charge of Esa's human spaceflight programme.'

Hopeful for the future of space travel!

Full article can be found at: Europe's ATV space freighter burns up