Posted on 10/09/2005 9:22:46 PM PDT by HAL9000
BEIJING (AFX) - China will launch its second manned space mission from a remote desert region on Wednesday, an official involved in the launch told Agence France-Presse."It is Oct 12 at 9:00 am," said an official from the technical department of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The official declined to be named.
Shenzhou VI will carry two astronauts and orbit the earth for five days.
The flight comes almost exactly two years after the successful Oct 15, 2003 launch of astronaut Yang Liwei into space, making China only the third nation after the US and the former Soviet Union to accomplish such a feat.
Two years between launches sounds like a pretty low budget affair. I wonder why so slow....?
Why so slow? I guess it takes time to build the new equipment from the stolen technology Clinton gave them. A change of plans may have slowed things down. Who knows what they are going to put up there now. Unlike here, their media doesn't announce all their secrets months in advance.
Of course its all for peaceful purposes Im sure.
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