China's great leap forward: Space

Orlando Sentinel ^ | December 9, 2001 | Michael Cabbage | Sentinel Space Editor

[Cincinatus]

What we have here is another case of junk science

No kidding.

[medved]

Yes.

[VaBthang4]

China's great leap forward: American Liberals.

[RadioAstronomer]

On this note I completely disagree with you. I was at JPL "flying" interplanetary missions from the control room and I for one was glad it was an open civilian endeavor. There needs to be a demarcation line between "commercial/NASA" space and the "military" space programs. BTW, I was in U.S. Space Command for 7 years also.

[Brett66]

Holy cow! The Martians built a monument to the dog faced boy? That is sinister!

[medved]

Those are actual NASA photos and if you look hard enough on NASA's own www sites, you'll find them.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

China's great leap forward: American Liberals.

Check out Michael Cabbage's story in the Orlando Sentinel today!-- CHINA'S NEW FRONTIER China finds launches lucrative--[Excerpt] There also were accusations -- adamantly denied -- that Loral's chairman influenced a Clinton administration licensing decision with a hefty donation to the Democratic National Committee. License approval eventually was shifted from the Commerce Department to the more restrictive State Department.

The Clinton White House announced in November 2000 that it would resume processing export licenses and extend China's launch privileges through 2001 after Beijing agreed to a missile nonproliferation pact. But the Bush administration says outstanding issues remain in implementing the nonproliferation agreement. New satellite export licenses remain on hold. Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., and three other lawmakers urged President Bush in July not to resume licensing under any condition. [End Excerpt]