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Topic: Chinese program
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WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 09-19-2003 04:32 PM
   
Just an FYI -- The Oct. 2003 issue of Scientific American contains a piece by James Oberg on the anticipated first manned Chinese orbital mission. The article is entitled "China's Great Leap Upward." The article anticipates China linking up with a small space station within two years (a program that suggests a variation of the MOL program). |
Gordon Reade
Member Posts: 334
From: USA
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 09-19-2003 04:41 PM
I wish them luck. What we need to get more funding for NASA is someone to compete with. |
Rodina
Member Posts: 836
From: Lafayette, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 09-20-2003 12:58 AM
I certainly wish the Chinese well, but at this point, I wouldn't appropriate an extra dollar for NASA. It needs to be destroyed in order to be saved.Shuttle delenda est.
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Scott
Member Posts: 3307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: May 2001
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posted 09-20-2003 01:29 PM
I don't care for the Chinese government, but I wish their space program and astros well. I'm probably the oldest space enthusiast on Earth who doesn't have the privilege of having remembered watching a live moonwalk. I'd like to see one someday, or at least something comparable. Things are looking up (Mars rovers in January, etc) but you are right about a little competition being a good thing. The American people won't have much patience for screwing around in low Earth orbit when there are Chinese astros orbiting the Moon. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 10-09-2003 04:24 AM
You're correct about the MOL-like space station ( it was already featured on BIS' monthly " Spaceflight " magazine ) ...
On the subject of a manned mission to the Moon or Mars I can only say;
"Hope to see one in my lifetime ... don't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, American , Russian, International ..."
( Héy it's almost 50 years since Apollo 11 ) |
chet
Member Posts: 1506
From: Beverly Hills, Calif.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 10-09-2003 01:25 PM
I hope for the safety of any taikonaut the Chinese send up, but I do not wish them well in their space endeavors."Like many other nations, China's exploration of outer space is purely for peaceful purposes," a spokeswoman for China's Foreign Ministry said during a regular news briefing. "China has always supported the `non-weaponization' of space. China will not take part in any arms race in space." And there's a lovely little bridge in Brooklyn I can show to anyone that might be interested in purchasing. -chet |
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