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Chinese Rocket with 'Lifeform' Goes Into Space

Posted by michael on from the cat-carrier dept.

jeffsenter writes "The BBC has coverage of China's launch of a rocket into space carrying a 'lifeform.' This is China's second rocket launch with an orbiter. China plans to launch a person into space in 18 months, making it only the third country to do so."

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  1. Time for countries not friendly w/ China to worry by funkman · · Score: 3
    It is great propaganda to get a human into space. It becomes a thing of national pride to do so. Because so much care needs to be made to ensure the human (or other life form) is safe the guidance and control of the rocket needs to be extremely refined.

    Here is where the fun begins: The same technology to put a human into space is the same technology to launch a warhead and get it close enough to its target fairly reliably. (That's bad for the target)

  2. "Lifeform"? Probably propaganda. by Royster · · Score: 3

    "You idiot, you just sneezed *into* the capsule?"

    "Oh, just tell them we're sending up 'lifeforms'."

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