Posted on 05/01/2006 5:16:58 PM PDT by KevinDavis
On 26th of this month, the US Cable News Network and some other media published a same piece of news: NASA Administrator Mike Griffin said he has accepted the invitation to visit Beijing and will have negotiation with China on the possibility for the US-China cooperation in the sphere of space. Earlier, Luo Ge, Vice Administrator of China National Space Administration paid an informal visit to NASA. Despite the low-key statement of Griffin and the visit by Luo Ge, many people raise the same question here: will there be a day when the Chinese and US astronauts fly to the space together?
Griffin made his statement at the hearing of Senate Science and Space Subcommittee on 25th. At the time, Democratic Senator Bill Nelson asked: "Do you think our relationship with China is a competitor-oriented or partner-oriented relationship?" Griffin made it clear: "20 years ago, almost no one dared to believe that the United States and Russia will cooperate in the field of aerospace; today, the two countries have a very good cooperation in International Space Station. The US would not only need good competitors in the field of aerospace, but also need good partners. Partners and opponents are often co-existing!"
(Excerpt) Read more at english.people.com.cn ...
You can say what you want about the China and the US, it's the moon that's the slut.
There are plans to allow China into the International Space Station, and for joint US-Russian-Chinese-Euro moon missions.
Again, I'm getting ready to send my browncoat to the cleaners...
At least they're not probing Uranus.
So. We'll be holding hands and probing. You know, I don't usually leap from holding hands straight to probing... I mean, if you let me, I might, but... most people don't let me... well, anyway....
Excuse me? Are these the same Chinese who are predicted to "bury us" sometime soon as reported on other threads?
Curious. Gives new meaning to the term "INSCRUTABLE".
No, I'm afraid that this whole partnership with China is nothing but such a probe to the average American.
Also gives another slant to "politics makes for strange bedfellows."
Actually, I take that back. It means the same thing as it's always meant: sleeping with people who just might kill you in the morning.
Well now thanks to Clinton and Loral, the Chicoms can now hit their targets....
...So now that a democrap president has given them the means to target our cities, lets play nice and invite them along in space and maybe they wont probe us.
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