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Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :

...or people didn't already know, since a search of the page for "China" and "Launch" didn't give me anything.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/14/china.launch/index.html

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

Ya, I read about that while at work today.

Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :

21 Hours... 14 orbits, land in the Gobi.

GO CHINA!

--The Cap'n.

Posted by esl (Member # 3143) on :

Wow COOL [Big Grin]

Thanks Captain!

Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :

^__^ WOW!!! That's really cool!

Posted by Enigma (Member # 4005) on :

It's too bad China didn't spend the money this took for their people's needs instead. Yet, I must admit, a wave of patriotism couldn't be bad for a country either.

Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :

I'm happy about this mostly because I think it would be great for America to have a competitor in space innovation. Russia isn't doing the job right now.

Granted China is about 40 years behind, but hopefully they catch up quickly. Heck, they stole all our nuclear secrets, why not steal our non-military technology too?

Then we'll have another communist empire to compete with, giving us a reason to do cool things like go to Mars.

I was hoping that Japan would also get a competing program, any leads on whether they are?

Posted by Proteus (Member # 794) on :

Oh and having another powerful communist country with advanced weapons technology taking over in the 'space - race' (or is it the Mars race nowadays) would always be a good idea!

Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :

The more money they spend launching shuttles, the less they spend on bombs.

Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :

Absolutely.

We never would have gone to the moon without the Soviet Union, and we'll never go to Mars without the fear of another country doing it first, especially the fear of another comunist country doing it first.

We got so much out of the Apollo missions in terms of new technology and innovations, I'd imagine we'd be 20 years behind where we are now without it. Imagine what new stuff would come out of a Mars race.

Plus, the sooner we get humanity off this rock the better. Right now the survival of the entire species, perhaps the entire population of sentient lifeforms in the universe, is resting on one planet. This makes us vulnerable to extinction from dozens of different sources.

And China could effectively wipe out the United States right now (or at least come close), so what would it matter if they could also do it from space?

Posted by Proteus (Member # 794) on :

I think it's the idea of bombs in space that worries me.

Posted by Proteus (Member # 794) on :

Sorry, you posted faster than me. But point taken. Progress is good. As long as they don't bomb the UK [Evil Laugh]

Posted by Robespierre (Member # 5779) on :

Now that Hong Kong is in commie hands, I don't think the UK has much to worry about. The US on the other hand, does. But only if it interveins to stongly on behalf of Taiwan.

Posted by tabithecat (Member # 5228) on :

Not to mention the fact that the planet could be destroyed at minute to make way for the hyperspatial express route through the outlying regions of our galaxy. [Razz]

so I agree the sooner we get to Mars the better.
does everyone have their towel?

[Taunt]