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China launches first manned space flight
Reuters ^
| 10-14-03
Posted on 10/14/2003 6:14:27 PM PDT by Brian S
Wed 15 October, 2003 02:07 BST
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has launched its first manned space flight from the Gobi desert, Xinhua news agency says, in its bid to become the third country to put a man in orbit after the former Soviet Union and the United States.
The Shenzhou V, or "Divine Ship V", was expected to orbit the Earth 14 times before returning after about 21 hours.
Xinhua said the craft carried astronaut Yang Liwei, 38. The launch on Wednesday, 42 years after the Soviet Union put the first man into space, marked a milestone for China's secretive space programme, which analysts say has its sights set on a manned mission to the moon.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; shenzhouv; space
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To: RobFromGa
"socialism will NEVER defeat freedom. "
China has the rawest form of Capitalism in the world.
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posted on
10/15/2003 5:25:44 AM PDT
by
optik_b
To: Brian S
It's not the launch that's tough.
It's Reentry
One half degree off and you're toast
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posted on
10/15/2003 6:08:58 AM PDT
by
Action-America
(The next country to invade Europe has to keep France!)
To: snopercod
I'm afraid I don't agree. While I won't argue that there are differences between the previous generation and the current one, I will say that it is certainly still possible for us to do so. You need to understand that China's space program is built on the backs of ours and the Russians. The Chinese have virtually no innovation in any of their efforts and are only good at copying others.
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posted on
10/15/2003 8:00:50 AM PDT
by
TexasGunLover
("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
To: Willie Green
The profits and innovations generated by off shore subcontractors return to the US corporations. The US still reaps the wealth, and this wealth is critical in maintaining our technological advanced military. The "62 million dollar" question is what jobs are being created to replace the lost jobs in the US? When is too much offshore jobs going to undermind the social fiber of the US (i.e the benefits being diminished by the bad side affects)? These are good questions. Unfortunately government and corporate America have not done an analysis of this new economical and social paradigm created by globalism and trade. What good is wealth, if the wealthy and their families must travel in armored limosines and bodyguards to go out and eat or shop? I am still waiting for a smart politician to make this a campaign issue, because I think this is a very good issue to raise. So any Freepers plan to run for office, this would be a good issue to run with.
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posted on
10/15/2003 8:05:28 AM PDT
by
Fee
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To: Destro
"China has always been the world power of record..."
Sure, after ingoring the Greeks, the Romans, the Babylonians, the Egyptians, the Byzantines, the Arabs, ....
To: TexasGunLover
The Chinese have virtually no innovation in any of their efforts and are only good at copying others....just as the American space program originally copied the German program.
We did later do something new by creating the Space Shuttle.
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posted on
10/15/2003 9:18:00 AM PDT
by
snopercod
(CAUTION: Do not operate heavy equipment while reading this post.)
To: JohnSmithee
China can launch their spaceship on a circumlunar mission next year. NASA is 10 years from being able to do that, if they start right now.
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posted on
10/15/2003 9:18:09 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: snopercod
That's right, I forgot the Germans went to space. /sarcasm off
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posted on
10/15/2003 9:32:46 AM PDT
by
TexasGunLover
("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
To: TexasGunLover
You need to read the history of the space program. America would not have made it into space for decades had it not been for the German scientists we comandeered after the war. They taught us how to build and launch rockets. Werner von Braun taught us how to get to the moon.
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posted on
10/15/2003 9:40:07 AM PDT
by
snopercod
(CAUTION: Do not operate heavy equipment while reading this post.)
To: Action-America
One half degree off and you're toast"The East is Red"
And so will be the astronaut.
To: Darksheare
did you know that the US could have beat the ussr into space???
but pres kennedy wanted the ussr to be first so he could go to congress an ask for lots of money to "catch up" he got the money and away we went.
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posted on
10/15/2003 9:49:10 AM PDT
by
camas
To: TexasGunLover
but they are really, REALLY good at copying, and have the luxury of copying only those things that actually get the job done.
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posted on
10/15/2003 9:50:50 AM PDT
by
King Prout
(...he took a face from the ancient gallery, then he... walked on down the hall....)
To: camas
pres kennedy wanted the ussr to be first so he could go to congress an ask for lots of money That is BS. However, China is about 10 years ahead of the US in space hardware right now.
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posted on
10/15/2003 9:51:34 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: Brett66
I don't know why, but that link keeps crashing my browser.
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posted on
10/15/2003 9:51:53 AM PDT
by
strela
("We are the RNC. Resistance is futile. We will blend your political distinctiveness into our own.")
To: RightWhale
someone sent a general to the cape from the pentagon to make sure there was not a satellite on a rocket that was setting on the launch. the general even climbed up on the rocket to make sure. sorry to long ago can't remember the names of the players
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:09:26 AM PDT
by
camas
To: snopercod
I don't need to read it. I've studied it extensively... the fact remains, while German scientist contributed significantly, it was the American work ethic that got us into space. Germany never put a manned spacecraft into space.
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:09:45 AM PDT
by
TexasGunLover
("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
To: camas
Had heard somethign liek that.
Wrote it off to rumor mongering at the time.
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:14:49 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Resistance is futile, but we may be placated with chocolates and shiny trinkets to add to our hord.)
To: camas
somethign liek = something like
Typing and listening at the same time doesn't work so well.
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:15:30 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Resistance is futile, but we may be placated with chocolates and shiny trinkets to add to our hord.)
To: camas
Oct 4 1957
The IGY was in full swing, and the Vanguard [Navy} was supposed to launch an IGY satellite. What an embarrassment. Anyway, that was Eisenhower.
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posted on
10/15/2003 10:25:45 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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