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Posted on 10/10/2008 9:05:18 PM PDT by B-Chan
Virtually every eyeball in China was on the launch of Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou VII, just as the Chinese regime wanted. But among those eyeballs were many observant ones—maybe too observant for the Chinese Communist Party’s liking.Chinese state-run media called the Shenzhou VII mission “a historic moment.” However, online bloggers have pointed out physics-defying phenomena in the news footage of its space walk that suggest the whole operation was filmed not in space, but under water.
As soon as China Central Television (CCTV) broadcast “live” footage of astronauts conducting operations aboard Shenzhou VII on Sept.27, the broadcast was met with skepticism and ridicule among many in the online community in China. Some think that CCTV's broadcast of the spacewalk was used to distract attention from the rapidly growing scandal of Melamine-contaminated food from China.
In an eight-minute clip from CCTV, an astronaut emerged from the hatch of the spacecraft and hooked ropes to the outside of the craft. He waved and spoke to the camera briefly before proceeding to exit the craft completely, clinging to the outside of the craft. The image began to break and camera switched to scenes from inside the control center. Sounds of the on-board crew communicating with the ground control center could be heard in the broadcast footage. In it, the commander of the space mission said, “Number one; Number two; Tied it in water; Operation is normal,” which bloggers took to mean that the operation was conducted in water. (“Number one” and “number two” referred to astronauts Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming.)
Two seconds into the video from CCTV, bubble-like objects rose from the hatch as it sprung open. At 5 min 49 second, a bubble attached to the astronaut’s helmet. At 6 min 42 seconds, bubbles swiftly came out of the cabin. On the left corner of the video, bubbles gushed out at an angle at 7 min 17 seconds into the video. A blogger, who is a physicist, commented in a Chinese Epoch Times article that, assuming the operation was conducted in the water, the bubbles rose faster than they would have if the water was not propelled using a wave-blower. Wave blowers are commonly used in underwater space-training exercises to simulate the weightlessness of space.
On CCTV’s video, a mirror on Zhai Zhigang’s wirst reflected the lights of three lamp arrays. (CCTV) After astronaut Zhai Zhigang slipped out of the spacecraft, there were many instances of light shining on his lower body. Light was also seen a few times on the red flag he was holding. The source of the lighting is unknown. From the CCTV’s live broadcast of the spacewalk, the white light could be seen shining on astronaut Zhai Zhigang’s lower body when he moved to the left and right side of the spacecraft, and there was a distinctive contrast between the area of light and darkness, suggesting that lights were present on either side of the craft.
More tellingly, rows of lamps were visible in the reflection of mirrors on the astronaut’s wrists. At 8 min 41 seconds, the mirror on the astronaut’s left wrist showed clearly three rows of lamps with five or six in each row.The surface of Zhai Zhigang’s watch, at 8 min 54 seconds, also reflected the lamp arrays, indicating the light source did exist and was fixed in its position. Other Anomalies
Some Chinese bloggers felt that images of the spacewalk were so clear that they could have been faked.Compared to footage from the November American spacewalk, the Chinese images were much clearer and were free from intermittent noise signals. Throughout the entire broadcast, Shenzhou VII remained almost completely static, unlike previous American or Russian missions—namely, their spacecrafts moved.
If the video camera were placed in a fixed spot inside the spacecraft, the spacecraft and the earth should have moved a little in the scenes due to the movement of the spacecraft. However, in the captured images, no movement can be seen, and the Earth just hung above the spacecraft like a super-sized moon.
In American or Russian spacewalk missions, astronauts usually left the spacecraft and walked or at least floated in space. But Zhai’s hands did not leave the lever of the spacecraft at all; prompting bloggers to say that did not really take a walk in space. Some bloggers held that this is probably because letting go in water would not produce convincing results—if he did not hold on to something, he would either completely sink to the bottom or completely float to the top.
Zhai held a red Communist flag that bloggers said waved too much for a weightless environment. Professor Yen-Hsyang Chu of Taiwan’s National Central University said in a news interview by Taiwan’s TVBS, “Without resistance force, when you wave a flag, the flag will move with your hands. However, it is unlikely for the flag to move like it is pushed by waves or winds.” According to a State announcement on Sept. 7, Shenzhou VII was scheduled to be launched in October but it was rescheduled for an earlier launch at the end of September, just as an international scandal involving lethal Chinese milk products gained prominence. Political analysts say that due to tremendous domestic and international pressure, the Chinese regime moved up its spacewalk in hopes to shift focus away from the milk scandal.
nothing fake about that space walk.
Watch how every thing always floats “up” the safety lines & a string on the suit leg real show this
Things in space float "around" as there is no "up"
Go the 7 min mark and watch every thing always floats “up” the safety lines but a string on the suit leg really shows this
Go the 7 min mark and watch every thing always floats “up” the safety lines but string on the suit leg really shows this
The bubbles sound odd too.
The stationary earth does as well. If you’re moving 17,000mph relative to the earth, good luck catching the earth appearing to be still.
There may be something to this. I’d like to see the video.
Thanks for the link. I’ll check it out.
I’ve watched our shuttle footage and have seen things floating around at times.
At roughly the 3:45 time slot, there is an item that floats up away from the spacecraft that is spinning end over end. IMO, water resistance would not allow that item to float away like that. Any spin momentum would have been dampened. The speed would have been hampered. The object wouldn’t have gone in a straight line.
I know that things did float up, but thinking of this logically, the portal is on the top side. Anything coming out of that portal would obviously move away from it.
What folks seem to be missing, is all the hoses in the foreground toward the last of the video clip. Those hoses could not have been re-entry worthy. I don’t see any shielding. The capsule seems to be one long metallic cylinder. It does not look re-entry worthy.
If someone has an explanation for any of this, I’d be interested to hear it. Any feedback would be appreciated.
So you disagree with George Washington, and think he should have went ahead and become our king? Or do you believe that we have no King but King Jesus?
No on both.
What’s with that octopus stuck on Shenzhou VII’s windshield wipers?
Its capricorn one....
Consider the source. This is the first I’ve heard of anyone questioning the validity of the space walk, but I haven’t exactly searched for it either. Has this been reported by any other sources not linked to the Epoch Times?
I’d like to watch the video, but the link doesn’t work for me.
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