To: gwynapnudd
China is rapidly overcoming the toilet gap as a result of hosting the soon-to-be upcoming world Olympics. The toilets, the Olympics, and the moon landing are coming together in a grand syzygy.
To: RightWhale
An excerpt from an article from Spacedaily:
Huang Chunping, Chief Commander of the Changzheng-2F (CZ-2F) launcher program at the Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), said that a successful SZ-4 mission later this year would pave the way for China to launch its yuhangyuans ("astronauts") after that.
This places the earliest opportunity for the historic first manned mission on SZ-5.
CZ-2F is the human-rated and improved version of the CZ-2E launcher, and is designed specifically for the manned space project.
Huang also told the Hong Kong-based pro-Beijing newspaper Ta Kung Pao that China would be capable of mounting a manned lunar mission within three to four years.
Rest of article here:
China Hopes Manned Spaceflight Will Open Road To Moon
77 posted on
05/21/2002 6:42:10 AM PDT by
Brett66
To: RightWhale
A manned lunar mission in 3-4 years is hard to believe. It's probably just communist bluster. OTOH, if he's aware of hardware that has already been built that still remains secret, then it could be attempted. The question is, how much does this Chunping guy know and when did he know it. ;)
78 posted on
05/21/2002 6:46:59 AM PDT by
Brett66
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