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Chinese astronauts go on spacewalk from new station
ktla ^ | Sep 17, 2022

Posted on 09/17/2022 7:53:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The latest spacewalk was the second during a six-month mission that will oversee the completion of the space station. The first of two laboratories, a 23-ton module, was added to the station in July and the other is to be sent up later this year.

The third member of the crew, Liu Yang, supported the other two from inside during the spacewalk. Liu and Chen conducted the first spacewalk about two weeks ago.

They will be joined by three more astronauts near the end of their mission in what will be the first time the station has six people on board.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; ccp; china; science; spacexploration
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To: baclava

Not too worried. Chinese products are crap. It won’t be long until they have a catastrophe by fire.


21 posted on 09/17/2022 9:44:18 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: DownInFlames

Hahaha, maybe 25 years ago, not now, sounds like boomer talk

NASA is crap now, cant even fuel a rocket


22 posted on 09/17/2022 9:48:45 AM PDT by baclava
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To: mkmensinger; gundog; moovova

LOL!


23 posted on 09/17/2022 10:26:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

With second space walk you get egg roll.


24 posted on 09/17/2022 10:28:08 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: BenLurkin

Heh, heh—I guess you can call this a Space Wok.


25 posted on 09/17/2022 10:43:37 AM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: BenLurkin

Bubba and the Rand Corp made it possible for the Chicoms to get their Rockets off the pad.


26 posted on 09/17/2022 11:10:10 AM PDT by Rappini
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To: DownInFlames

China has issues for sure—but with no woke zombies running their program they will own space and the moon and Mars in this century.


27 posted on 09/17/2022 11:17:58 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: BenLurkin
China is building its own space station

It's just a cheap knock-off of the International Space Station.

28 posted on 09/17/2022 11:24:35 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Rappini

It was Loral that Clintoon approved transferring missile technology from.


29 posted on 09/17/2022 11:24:56 AM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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