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China sends its first female astronaut into space
Telegraph UK ^
Posted on 06/16/2012 6:19:03 AM PDT by Perdogg
Liu Yang, a female pilot, is amongst the three member crew of the Shenzhou 9 mission, the latest step in Chinas increasingly ambitious space programme.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: clintonlegacy
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To: Perdogg
Liu Yang, a female pilot, is amongst the three member crew of the Shenzhou 9 missionThe men needed someone to make them a sammich...
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posted on
06/16/2012 8:44:26 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: Perdogg
I wonder if the chicoms are planning to open a chinee takee outee up there for all the Virgin & SpaceX space tourists?
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posted on
06/16/2012 8:50:57 AM PDT
by
lump in the melting pot
(Communism - a social experiment which, for ethical reasons, should not be performed on live humans)
To: Vaquero
More will be assigned to the next set of missions — the Szechuan series...
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posted on
06/16/2012 9:06:54 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Featuring Moon Cakes)
To: Josa
Obama sees an opportunity here, first transvestite in space.
To: mikrofon
is that like a cooking reference?
I dont get it.
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posted on
06/16/2012 9:34:04 AM PDT
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Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Perdogg
If she gets pregnant in space will China force her to have an abortion?
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posted on
06/16/2012 9:34:28 AM PDT
by
ken in texas
(I was taught to respect my elders but it keeps getting harder to find any.)
To: bytesmith
Obama sees an opportunity here, first transvestite in space. a capsule load of GLBT looking for a trip around the world!
and they dont even have to leave the earth...but their loafers are so light their feet ever touch the ground.
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posted on
06/16/2012 9:44:31 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: ken in texas
If she gets pregnant in space will China force her to have an abortion? nooo.... they will experiment with it...as a human life has little meaning to them.
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posted on
06/16/2012 9:46:52 AM PDT
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Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: ken in texas
i wouldn't be surprised if that was the reason she was chosen... for first conception in space
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posted on
06/16/2012 10:07:29 AM PDT
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Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Josa
And obama has stopped Americas manned space program.... It should have been stopped a long time ago. The Shuttle was a badly designed money hog that hindered space exploration.
The current transition to the private sector is the right way to go.
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posted on
06/16/2012 10:17:38 AM PDT
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Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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