I just looked at the photo story on North Korea last night (http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/04/north-korea-prepares-for-a-milestone-year/100276/), so I immediately knew what this was once I zoomed out.
I think the hotel is even more impressive, though (photo #30 in the previous link): http://maps.google.com/maps?query=Ryugyong+Hotel&num=10&q=Ryugyong+Hotel&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=1fKFT9UJy-6CB-Om1dwE&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=3&ved=0CBkQ_AUoAg
Yup! Congrats to the other folks who got it right, including CEO who was first.
The hotel has been a what's this already, back before construction on it resumed.
Rocket science is hard. Launching rockets on a schedule is even more hard. I was impressed when Burt Rutan timed the X-prize winning launch of SpaceShipOne to coincide with the anniversary of Sputnik (and some of its other flights were also on significant flight anniversaries too). It'd be quite an accomplishment to orbit a satellite, even a small one, on Kim Il Sung's 100th birthday, especially given their 0-2 track record with satellites so far.
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momijizukamori
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Date: 2012-04-11 09:10 pm (UTC)http://www.usnews.com/photos/north-korea-prepares-for-rocket-launch
Analysis:
http://www.space.com/15240-north-korea-rocket-satellite-photos.html
I just looked at the photo story on North Korea last night (http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/04/north-korea-prepares-for-a-milestone-year/100276/), so I immediately knew what this was once I zoomed out.
I think the hotel is even more impressive, though (photo #30 in the previous link): http://maps.google.com/maps?query=Ryugyong+Hotel&num=10&q=Ryugyong+Hotel&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=1fKFT9UJy-6CB-Om1dwE&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=3&ved=0CBkQ_AUoAg
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Date: 2012-04-12 08:56 pm (UTC)The hotel has been a what's this already, back before construction on it resumed.
Rocket science is hard. Launching rockets on a schedule is even more hard. I was impressed when Burt Rutan timed the X-prize winning launch of SpaceShipOne to coincide with the anniversary of Sputnik (and some of its other flights were also on significant flight anniversaries too). It'd be quite an accomplishment to orbit a satellite, even a small one, on Kim Il Sung's 100th birthday, especially given their 0-2 track record with satellites so far.