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Chinese Manned Space Flight Set For Autumn

Posted by simoniker on from the vatican-city-next-on-launchpad dept.

brandido writes "According to an article at Space.com, "Chinese space officials remain on schedule for the first piloted flight of that nation's Shenzhou spacecraft. Chief designers and mission directors say Shenzhou 5 will be launched in autumn, reported the People's Daily last week." Between this, the X-Prize, and multiple launches of Mars probes in the last few weeks, it looks like the space race may be heating back up?"

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  1. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mutha fucka

  2. Re: The People by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why is everything in China called "The People's" when it's run the government?

  3. Re:let's get ready to rumble! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Shut up

  4. OT, but what the hell... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's now 4:23PM EDT Monday 16-JUN-2003 and we haven't seen our daily barrage of SCO stories yet!!!! We're dying to know what's going on... but so far today, only silence :-/

  5. Re:including ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I bet you eat frogs, you french fuck.

    I BET YOUR WIFE DIVORCED YOU CAUSE SHE WAS GETTING WAY BETTER SEX ELSEWHERE.

    And everyone, this racist is nearly 50 years old!

    HAHAHAHA.. 50 years old and still trolling on /.?

    GET A LIFE BUDDY...

    Go take some pills and do us a favor, we don't need trash like you fermanting all over northern america.

    NOW SUCK ON MY COCK BITCH.

  6. Searching for answers... by AyeRoxor! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Like why the average monthly wage in china is $2.

    I can't believe these tards. They've GOT to realize that if they were capitalist, they'd own the world...

    /sigh