Posted on 06/19/2006 7:33:23 PM PDT by KevinDavis
BEIJING (Reuters) - A top official in China's space program has set 2024 for the country's first moonwalk, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Monday, cementing its position as a new space power.
The mission would kick off in earnest next year, the Beijing-backed Wen Wei Po paper said, when China launches an unmanned lunar satellite in March or April to orbit and survey the lunar surface.
"China now basically possesses the technology, materials and the economic strength" to put a man on the moon, the paper quoted the official as saying.
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Dude, China discovered gunpowder. They invented a lot of things before Americans did.
Yeah, but they are all rusted out...
http://www.space.com/news/spacehistory/saturn_preserve_000201.html
I have a coffee mug that says I'm the worlds greatest grampa.
After that they are going to put a man on the sun. Not to worry,he won't burn up, they are going at night.
Dude,...like I know my history, etc.
But,......we made it practical and cost effective and more refined.
And on average we are a better, smarter and more free and sanitary place than China, etc.
Yeah, so what. What did they do with it? Did they make it practical world wide? We did that.
Welcome to Freep, oh Jedi Meister.
I'm wondering who has the food concession. Chinese food in toothpaste containers. Ewwwwwwwwww!
It could be sufficient evidence if America decides to explicitly make the claim. The real claim was the signing of the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty, which implies ownership of the entire visible and invisible universe.
Hubble is cataloging America's vast claims in outer space.
The legal claim was the signing of the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty.
LOL, They arent Terrorist.
RE #9
If in Business, Monopolizing is illegal. What makes you think Monopolizing unchartered Territory any diferrent?
I wonder why such an annoucement would generate so many negative comments on this message board. The countries of the world should be happy that any country, including China, could potentially achieve such an important milestone in the history of scientific accomplishments.
I agree with you, however, I would prefer a free China to be on the moon, not a communist one..
"Occupation is 90% of ownership. If you don't occupy it, someone else will and claim it."
Absoloutely. If you can reach a location but no other person is capable of reaching that location, it is yours and you deserve it.
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