Report: China to Orbit Human on Oct. 15

yahoo.comnews ^ | October 8, 2003 | Ted Anthony

[Cincinatus' Wife]

China Quiet on Eve of Space Flight

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[Thebaddog]

Was it forty or fifty years ago that we accomplished this goal?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Landing on the Moon was our goal but now a permanent return must be our objective.

[realpatriot]

"I can guarantee you that most of the astronauts can fulfill their assignment successfully,"

Strange way to put it. Maybe something was lost (or added) in the translation?

[tet68]

One orbit?

Spam in a can.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

All 14 have qualified for space travel and passed psychological tests "with honors," the newspaper said.

All can recite the communist party line.

[tet68]

Seeds in Spaaaaaaaaaaaaace!

[Fitzcarraldo]

Landing on the Moon was our goal but now a permanent return must be our objective.

Predictions:

1) The Space Shuttle will never fly again with more than 2 human passengers.

2) The Shuttle will be retired as soon as the remaining station components are delivered (2006?).

3) We will outsource manned spaceflight hardware production and operations to Russia after the Shuttle is retired.

[cp124]

We may have started later than Russia and the United States, but it's amazing how fast we've been able to do this," Sina.com quoted Xie Guangxuan, director of the government's China Rocket Design Department, as saying.

Stolen technology or given to them by Billy Clinton.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Yes, a little help from their friends in the Clinton adm.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

NASA needs to be restructured and gear up for a partnership with the military if it wants to stay alive.

[aruanan]

Report: China to Orbit Human on Oct. 15

A live one or a dead one?

[bimbo]

"China's space technology has been created by China itself. We may have started later than Russia and the United States, but it's amazing how fast we've been able to do this," Sina.com quoted Xie Guangxuan, director of the government's China Rocket Design Department, as saying.

It is not amazing … the Chinese purchased their space, missile and defense technology with those illegal campaign contributions to Clinton. Thanks a lot, Bill.

[MrNeutron1962]

"but the Chinese orbit a human...? "

It must be a massive human, or a very small man in orbit.

[Malsua]

My prediction is that the mission will fail at some point along the way.

Blows up on the pad or some equally aweful disaster.

Someone will likely call it US sabotage, after all, they're using our rocket technology.

-Mal

[Tijeras_Slim]

"They'll be able to eat shredded pork with garlic sauce and kungpao chicken," and two orbits later they'll be hungry again.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

China to Orbit Human on Oct. 15

With or without a vehicle? They make big cannons, ya know.

The chicoms are the ones who guarantee fresh donor organs, cheap. So what's the big deal for them of just blasing a few people into space from a cannon?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Normally, one orbits the moon, as Earth orbits the sun, but the Chinese orbit a human...?

LOL. They were obiting Clinton for a long time.