mc5 - AVMA Take 2

Yes, it's another round of that classic guessing game - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Abstract [or any combination thereof]. This effort - '03/'04 should address any queries, but then again, may just serve to confuse and baffle which some might say is the point of the game. Patience, integrity and a decent search engine may be useful ....

ImNotJohn

On the surface of the earth?

Tuj

Begins with P?

Raak

[P] Roughly, yes, a single discrete structure.
[INJ] *applause!* Not at the moment.
[Tuj] Does not begin with P.

CdM

Space shuttle Atlantis?

Projoy

A non-geostationary manmade satellite?

Raak

[P] no, because...
[CdM] Atlantis it is. Have this space alloy baton carved out of the scrap metal of our space dreams.

CdM

Standing on the shoulders of others' coattails there.

This one should be easier than my last couple, I think. It is VEGETABLE (and I suppose technically MINERAL as well).