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chi-kei · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 4:34 pm Post subject: We finally in space now!!

Apart from Soviet Union and the United States, China becomes the third nation to send human to space. Although we are lag behind them for 42 years, we also make it finally. China's first astronaut has landed back on Earth after an historic mission in which he orbited the globe 14 times. It is a big step in Chinese history.
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Now, the "nameless monster"
has turned into an actually existing man.

sunking814 · Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 6:33 am Post subject:

Congratulations China!
Many Happy Returns! To Space, that is! hahahaha Cool

chi-kei · Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 4:35 pm Post subject:

ecc · Joined: 16 Feb 2003 Posts: 25

cooperate with america in space explaration?chi-kei,you should know that china wasnot permitted to join the space club by the u.s .sixteen nations including america ,russia,brazil ,japan and some european countries have been involved in building international space station ,the largest and most complex international project ever undertaken ,but china was excluded .that is why china has to go its own way .

Diana · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 494 Location: Guam, USA

And your country did an excellent job on their own, Eccentric! Smile

Now, Yang Liwei will go down in history as the first Chinese man in space. I also heard that China is planning on sending a man to the moon.

cynthia_004 · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 2 Location: Wuhu

The Americans are lovely! Very Happy

But the US government is not. Sad

ecc · Joined: 16 Feb 2003 Posts: 25

china is just a beginner and has a long way to go .what china is doing is just repeating what russia and america had done forty years ago .it may take a very long time to launch a manned spacecraft to the moon for china . people are debating on why china should send a man to the moon these days ,for such a mission need not only high technology but also a lot of money .

sunking814 · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 9:52 am Post subject:

You know, it may be that China will take over the lead in re-establshing a presence in space. Russia is broke, the US sprogram is riddled with safety and design problems that may take us years to recover from. If China can manage to incorporate those private businesses that want to take it to space, they may just move up. When people see that others are making money in space, things will change on a faster pace.

Now...will the US military/industrial complex ALLOW China to do that? That is an entirely different question.

Diana · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 494 Location: Guam, USA