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China to blast 2 astronauts into space on Monday
Associated Press ^ | Oct 15, 2016 11:52 PM EDT

Posted on 10/15/2016 9:29:32 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Chinese officials unveiled plans for Monday’s launch of the country’s latest space mission in which two astronauts will be blasted into space and will dock with an orbiting space lab.

The Shenzhou 11 spacecraft will be launched at 7:30 a.m., said Wu Ping, deputy director of China’s manned space engineering office, in a televised news conference.

The Shenzhou mission will take off aboard a Long March-2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northern China. …

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: china; redchina; shenzhou11; spaceprogram

1 posted on 10/15/2016 9:29:33 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Blast? Not launch?

“Is that your crash helmets?”

“Oh, I hope not.”


2 posted on 10/15/2016 9:30:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

Hopefully they can rocket better than they can drive.


3 posted on 10/15/2016 9:49:24 PM PDT by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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To: Olog-hai

China is catching up fast. They are playing to win. Wonder if the Chinese space agency has a Muslim outreach program?

They have an advantage with all the info they got from Bill Clinton.


4 posted on 10/15/2016 10:08:45 PM PDT by upchuck (Trump to the White House!! Hillary to the Big House!! h/t Jim Robinson)
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To: Olog-hai; dp0622; Talisker; Salamander
"Chinese officials unveiled plans for Monday’s launch of the country’s latest space mission in which two astronauts will be blasted into space and will dock with an orbiting space lab."

Are they going to use a space vehicle of some sort or just load 'em up circus style?


5 posted on 10/15/2016 10:09:35 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: upchuck

Wonder if the Chinese space agency has a Muslim outreach program?
Well, we can ask Iran, who is one of their chief allies in many areas, especially the Environment 1 satellite.
6 posted on 10/15/2016 10:12:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Are the two astronauts aware of this ?

Are they Falun Gong ?


7 posted on 10/15/2016 10:15:32 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: shibumi

Trebuchet is my launcher of choice.


8 posted on 10/15/2016 10:23:44 PM PDT by Salamander (More deplorable than deplorable...)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe they’re using a cannon this time?


9 posted on 10/15/2016 10:33:06 PM PDT by Husker24
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10 posted on 10/15/2016 10:56:09 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Olog-hai


"And stop calling us 'Yin & Yang' in your WikiLeaks, Hillareeks!"

11 posted on 10/15/2016 11:09:36 PM PDT by Heart-Rest (To all evil Demonic-rats & Repugnant-cons: "Be sure your sins will find you out!" Numbers 32:23b)
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To: shibumi

And now we have the answer to that age old question, just how stupid are you?


12 posted on 10/15/2016 11:10:30 PM PDT by Salamander (More deplorable than deplorable...)
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To: Olog-hai

Hope they bought a lot of life insurance.


13 posted on 10/16/2016 4:37:05 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Olog-hai

I hope they don’t come through the reentry procedure as a Sizzling Happy Family.


14 posted on 10/16/2016 5:06:14 AM PDT by caddie
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To: Heart-Rest

Som Ting Wong and Wie To Low!


15 posted on 10/16/2016 5:11:24 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Olog-hai

Be sure to thank Bill Clinton, traitor extraordinaire.


16 posted on 10/16/2016 6:13:31 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Olog-hai

The two Astronauts are Captain Sum Tin Wong and crew member Ho Lee Fuk.


17 posted on 10/16/2016 6:15:38 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Olog-hai

One thing the US can no longer do is laugh at other countries’ space programs. Yeah, we’ve got the Muslim outreach and global warming things handled and we like to pay huge subsidies to politically-connected faux entrepreneurs to build exploding rockets (and cars) but as far as manned space flight goes, we appear to have quit the game for good.


18 posted on 10/16/2016 7:32:27 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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