Posted on 06/10/2012 7:47:29 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
BEIJING (AP) — China will launch three astronauts this month to dock with an orbiting experimental module, and the crew might include its first female space traveler, a government news agency said Saturday.
A rocket carrying the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft was moved to a launch pad in China‘s desert northwest on Saturday for the mid-June flight, the Xinhua News Agency said, citing an space program spokesman.
The three-member crew will dock with and live in the Tiangong 1 orbital module launched last year, Xinhua said. The government has not said how long the mission will last.
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PING!
“The government has not said how long the mission will last.”
About an hour.....
Pei-Ping.
That will show those darn Americans that America is nothing special.
FUBO
Been there, done that.
Space Ping.
And of course “Tang” will be one of the astronauts.
Now that’s what I call real Chinese take-out!
With each launch/order you get one free egg-roll.
I wonder if the International Space Station has chopsticks?
Re one of the Chinese astronauts being named “Tang”. If one of them is a female, her name will be Poontang. The third astronaut will be named “Gombai”. (You do the imaging). Or “Who’s on Top”, “Who Jin-tao’s brother”.
Meanwhile, Premier Hussein has defunded NASA in order to furnish pocket money to his cronies and supporters in exchange for votes.
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