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China Plans Manned Space Launch By 2005

Posted by timothy on from the after-that-maybe-the-moon dept.

cosyne writes: "CNN.COM has this article on China's space program planning to send a man to the moon. 'The mission is part of Beijing's plans to create a space industry and earn the prestige of joining the United States and Russia as the only nations to have sent humans into space.' I wonder if they'll make it before the recently mentioned amateurs."

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  1. New product labels by ch-chuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    So will most consumer products soon start bearing the label: "Made in Space" ?

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  2. Our Space Program by gillbates · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reminds me of the Cold War that stimulated our space program. There's nothing that can stimulate a space program better than a military advantage. Perhaps this little bit of competition will encourage Congress to give NASA the funding they need to do more than just crash probes into distant planets.

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  3. Re:monkeys! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    They have an infinite supply of monkeys? I wonder how many of them have typewriters.

  4. They still have a long way to go by LibertarianCrackSmok · · Score: 3, Funny

    From the article: A monkey, a dog, a rabbit and snails were sent into orbit aboard the second Shenzou launch but scientists say that more unmanned tests will be necessary.

    Translation: The monkey, dog and rabbit died together or one of the animals died. China isn't ready to go to space.

  5. They're going to beat us! by JWhiton · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like China is trying to get the jump on us! We all know what we must do...

    We must be the first country to send a Chinese man to the moon!