[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

More clinton legacy!

[Brett66]

So they don't know if it's in orbit yet? It's barely had enough time to get there.

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[zencat]

Congratulations. Welcome to 1961.

[zook]

Godspeed.

[CHATTAB]

Remember; they still have to get this astronaut back down to earth safely if they want to claim total success.
Kinda reminds me of a Ren and Stempy episode...
The two were somehow caught up in the Soviet space program.
Astronauts were given a number (like waiting at the deli)...
Failed launch after failed launch(explosion after explosion)...

[Viking2002]

Not that I wish ill towards the throttle jockey riding in that thing (I'm kind of envious, actually), I hope the damned thing crash lands in Chappaqua.


Poetic justice.

[Ramius]

the craft carried astronaut Yang Liwei, 38.

Boy, oh boy... would I ever hate to be THAT guy...

[Semper Paratus]

I bet that if Wong Wei survived his "duel" with our surveilance plane in '01 he would be the one in orbit now.

[nickcarraway]

It should properly read: China launched a piiece of it's property into space.

[KevinDavis]

I hope there is a new space race that will happen.

Space Ping! This is the space ping list! Let me know if you want on or off this list!

[djf]

Chinese launch into space
The cubbies make it to the series...

This is like Nostradamus stuff.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Better late than never, eh China?!

[Moby Grape]

"The China Space Agency expressed it's thanks to former President Clinton for the missle guidance technology that made the flight (and hitting the US with nuclear weapons) possible".

Said the Director of the China Space Program; "Who would have thought it so easy. Such a small investment in the Clinton Campaign and we moved ahead by forty years."

[mrobison]

How love how all the Chicom propaganda is worded to make it appear that China is the first nation into space. Let them come to the moon. They can stand in line to pay $1,000,000 per night to stay in a Marriott Resort overlooking the Sea of Tranquility.

[hispanarepublicana]

It'll take them 45 minutes to an hour to get there. Will you be paying by check or cash?

[yonif]

Associated Press:

First Chinese astronaut in orbit reports in: `I feel good.`

[Momaw Nadon]

[SSN558]

I am happy for the Chinese, they have excellent and dedicated engineers and scientists with the backing of their government and people to explore new fronteirs.

I am sad for America. We lost the edge and mired ourselves in socialism, free trade, wasteful bureaurcracy, and a war on terror. Our greatness has been squandered and will take decades to rebuild it, if that is even possible.

[Lunatic Fringe]

And the new space race begins.....