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Offline Deepblue

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China puts a man in space.
on: October 15, 2003, 12:42:03 pm
 

Offline kasperl

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Reply #1 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.
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Offline TheCelestialOne

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Reply #2 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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Offline kasperl

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Reply #3 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.


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Offline Deepblue

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China puts a man in space.
Reply #4 on: October 15, 2003, 12:55:01 pm
That might finally put the "faked moon landing" idea to rest. :D
 

Offline kasperl

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Reply #5 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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Offline Nico

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China puts a man in space.
Reply #6 on: October 15, 2003, 01:11:01 pm
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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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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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China puts a man in space.
Reply #7 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.

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Reply #8 on: October 15, 2003, 02:54:10 pm
check your cache? hm... chinese food being served in 0G... interesting...
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Offline Stealth

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China puts a man in space.
Reply #9 on: October 15, 2003, 03:01:33 pm
yeah and it took them 30 years...
 

Offline vyper

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Reply #10 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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Reply #11 on: October 15, 2003, 06:00:45 pm
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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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Reply #12 on: October 15, 2003, 07:10:32 pm
This is a happy day.

Seriously, it is. :)
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Offline Fineus

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Reply #13 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.
 

Offline Taristin

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Reply #14 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?


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Offline phreak

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Reply #15 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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Offline Kosh

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Reply #16 on: October 16, 2003, 12:02:29 am
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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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Offline Falcon X

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Reply #17 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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Reply #18 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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Reply #19 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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