[bonesmccoy]

Here's the pertinent info: Inclination: 42.4 degrees Elliptical orbit initially Circularized at 213 miles (presumably nautical miles) Vehicle: Long March CZ-2 rocket Launch Site: Jiuquan, Western China, Gobi Desert

Propaganda piece being created to instill racial pride.

Any other questions about who the competition is for our nation?

[bonesmccoy]

space ping

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[KantianBurke]

While China sends a man out into space, this country blows it treasure on free pills for granny.

[Semper Paratus]

The Soviet Union was smart to hold off anouncing manned space flights until they actually got into orbit.

[RightWhale]

There will be no space race. Nobody cares. Neo-confucianism will own the moon and all the planets forever.

[Mark Felton]

Good for them!

[Centurion2000]

On Friday, the popular Sina.com Web site reported that handguns, knives and other “defensive weapons” will be stored aboard the capsule as a precaution against landing in hostile environs

Pay no attention to the W-88 warhead in the corner ... that's a defensive weapon, yeah.

[msdrby]

ping

[sonsofliberty2000]

On Friday, the popular Sina.com Web site reported that handguns, knives and other “defensive weapons” will be stored aboard the capsule as a precaution against landing in hostile environs.

Wow, not much faith in landing back in Red China huh?

New on Patriot Paradox: Interview with Renfield

[July 4th]

Propaganda piece being created to instill racial pride.

I have this feeling that they will be instilling racial pride in the form of glowing-hot missile parts all over the South China Sea.

[finnman69]

(ok ok he's Japanese)

[yonif]

This is dangerous.

[Rockitz]

With China's launch success rate, the astronauts must be looney toons!

[Darksheare]

And NASA sits on it's duff pointing fingers at nothing for the loss of Columbia, scapegoats a few underlings, resigns a few officials, and then finally says 'oops, we goofed' all while China marches on.

*snort*
NASA better get their thumbs out soon.

[bert]

With no apologies to the China bashers, I find this quite exciting.

There is talk on the thread of no space race, and that I think, misses the point. China has great resources and a desire among some of the leaders to make genuine progress.

The end result in some years down the road may be a pardner, not a competetive enemy.

The conquest of space is a human task, and not limited to specific narrow nationalistic goals.

[dr_who_2]

I noticed that a picture of the craft was a spitting image of a typical Russian "bell-jar" style space vessel, except it was a tasteful white instead of dark green. I get the impression that their space program right now is basically a Russian one with a Chinese flag sticker applied to the space capsule, Chinese astronauts, all paid for with Chinese cash. It would have been cooler if the Chinese had developed their own program from scratch, though that arguably would be a bigger waste of money and just as pointless.

Two good things might come out of this. A successful mission will make for happy, patriotic Chinese. It might also give our military here an excuse to pursue expanding their own space presence at the expense of NASA (hopefully no silly manned missions though).

[Brett66]

Both the US and Russia had ingenious visionaries that drove their programs, I wonder if China has such an individual? Is there a Chinese Wernher Von Braun working behind the scenes?