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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Deepblue on October 15, 2003, 12:42:03 pm

Title: China puts a man in space.
Post by: Deepblue on October 15, 2003, 12:42:03 pm: http://www.msnbc.com/news/976744.asp?vts=101520031001&cp1=1#BODY
Title: China puts a man in space.
Post by: kasperl on October 15, 2003, 12:50:08 pm: cool, I hope that he doesn't die on re-entry.

also, i find it wierd that there isn't much other media attention for it.
Title: China puts a man in space.
Post by: TheCelestialOne on October 15, 2003, 12:51:28 pm: Not much attention? Have you been watching the news lately? Or have you visited news sites? Its all over the place. In 2004 or 2005 they want to have a man on the moon.
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Post by: kasperl on October 15, 2003, 12:53:39 pm: well, i only have time to read the papers, and then only the not so high quality "eindhovens dagblad". but i'd expect some live TV stuff right now.

and the only news site i visit are because of links on forums.

i know, i need a life.
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Post by: Deepblue on October 15, 2003, 12:55:01 pm: That might finally put the "faked moon landing" idea to rest. :D
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Post by: kasperl on October 15, 2003, 12:58:11 pm: mmm, wierd, all the shots of this thing are pretty zoomed out.

and really, the faked moon landing thing is pretty awfull.
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Post by: Nico on October 15, 2003, 01:11:01 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Deepblue
That might finally put the "faked moon landing" idea to rest. :D

hehe, I was thinking exactly the same :D
Tho I'm pretty sure they would find something, like the chinese being bribed or something.
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on October 15, 2003, 01:29:07 pm: Now we just need another country to do the same. Space Race 2.

Mexico gets my vote, or India.

EDIT: Now why hasn't this post registered on the forum?
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Post by: Hippo on October 15, 2003, 02:54:10 pm: check your cache? hm... chinese food being served in 0G... interesting...
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Post by: Stealth on October 15, 2003, 03:01:33 pm: yeah and it took them 30 years...
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Post by: vyper on October 15, 2003, 03:06:41 pm: [q]yeah and it took them 30 years...[/q]

They'll catch up with the other big communist state in another 30 years and hopefully break up. ;)
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Post by: Galemp on October 15, 2003, 06:00:45 pm: Quote
Originally posted by vyper
They'll catch up with the other big communist state in another 30 years and hopefully break up. ;)

tee hee hee. :D

Yeah, this is cool. Any space exploration is a great achievement for humanity in my book; screw the politics. I'd rather they be launching astronauts than testing nukes, anyway.
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Post by: Setekh on October 15, 2003, 07:10:32 pm: This is a happy day.

Seriously, it is. :)
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Post by: Fineus on October 15, 2003, 07:12:41 pm: Agreed, and although it seems like the wrong way to go about it (we - humanity - should be doing it for science and exploration, not power) but if the other big powers in the world (US, Russia, etc.) see other countries getting on with things like this - they'll get worried and increase their own programs. Progress will be made one way or the other - it just takes someone to keep the pressure on.
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Post by: Taristin on October 15, 2003, 07:59:08 pm: Oooh I resisted the bad china joke long enough... PLease don't get angry at me for this, but:

How'd they get up there? A rice rocket?

*ducks for incoming flames*
Really, I'm the least racist person I know, but I couldn't resist it...
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Post by: phreak on October 15, 2003, 08:09:01 pm: i see a bunch of rice rockets on the way to school. losers

in other news, this better be a kick in the balls for nasa
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Post by: Kosh on October 16, 2003, 12:02:29 am: Quote
In 2004 or 2005 they want to have a man on the moon.

It would be nice if China could pull something like a moon landing in 2004 or 2005
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Post by: Falcon X on October 16, 2003, 03:08:44 am: No way. Sorry, they don't have the rocket. It took us nearly 8 years at one quick step to get there. When I see them pull out the Saturn V, then I'll believe.
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Post by: Fineus on October 16, 2003, 03:59:46 am: Nobody ever said they had to show off everything they do to the world as soon as they got hold of it, did they :p
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Post by: karajorma on October 16, 2003, 05:01:31 am: Lets face it the first most of the public heard of this is when they announced that they had put a man up there. Who knows that they don't already have bigger rockets halfway completed?
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Post by: TheCelestialOne on October 16, 2003, 05:04:28 am: I just think people are viewing China as a third world country a bit too much. China is certainly a superpower in this world, at least moving towards it very quickly.
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Post by: Gloriano on October 16, 2003, 05:06:30 am: i am happy for China now they could move to new era
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Post by: Setekh on October 16, 2003, 05:48:00 am: I personally think (and, to some measure, hope) that China will be the superpower of the 21st Century. It's just too big - if it plays its cards right, it will end up eclipsing the US in terms of sheer industrial mass, and it's arguable that that's what really won WW2 for the US.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on October 16, 2003, 05:52:43 am: Good effort China. Go for the Moon shot :D
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Post by: Gloriano on October 16, 2003, 05:58:29 am: only super power in 21st Century is Japan

*sees to future when japan Controlling world

i just hope this make something good to China