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China Plans Manned Space Flight October 15
epmos writes "As previously reported on /., China is working toward launching a manned space flight Real Soon Now(tm). Many news sites have
stories suggesting it could be as soon as a week away. The flight is expected to last about 90 minutes and complete one orbit." According to some of these stories, though, there's speculation about the flight lasting up to 24 hours.
Were this to be a longer flight, how would they solve the problem of eating with chopsticks in low gravity?
Don't believe anything I say. I crash test crack pipes for a living.
[1800s-style Imperialist Brit Mode On]
Next you'll be telling us that old Johnny Chinaman has gained mastery
over the atom and created a doomsday weapon ready to threaten our
very own God-fearing people.
Well never fear gentle-people, in my new steam-o-matic flying machine
I'll quickly handle this yellow menace so your children can sleep
soundly!
God Bless Queen Victoria
[1800s-style Imperialist Brit Mode Off]
They want their space program back.
:()
(Sorry.
Once they make it to the moon and notice that there is no flag, footprints, or left over rocket parts, then we'll know that the "one small step for mankind" occured somewhere in the Arizona desert.
My favorite quote from today's news regarding the Chinese space mission is from this story:
"They'll be able to eat shredded pork with garlic sauce and kungpao chicken," China.com said. "It will be more tasty than Western food."
they have some well thought out elaborate plans already to inhabit the moon.. I don't blame them, it must be getting crowded over there.
bite my glorious golden ass.
Great, a repressive country that hates the entire planet, has nuclear weapons, is mentally unstable, and now can send people into orbit.
Enough about the USA, what about China?
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The news article says they are planning a single orbit, but you know how it goes: one hour later and they will feel like they need to orbit again.
-Crolis
Today's story:
BEIJING, Oct. 8 -- After a decade of preparation, China will launch its first human being into space on Oct. 15 in a 90-minute flight that will orbit the Earth once, a major Chinese Web site reported in one of the most concrete signs yet that the landmark trip is imminent.
In 2013:
BEIJING, Oct. 15 - As part of a celebration of its first decade of manned space flight, China announces an agreement with the USA's NASA space agency to outsource all space-related operations. An unnamed NASA official said: "Well, they can do it cheaper than we can - we can hire three taikonauts for what it costs us to loft one astronaut - and who cares if some foreigners get killed repairing our satellites?"
In related news, all remaining astronauts have been informed that their services are no longer needed, and offered placement services for lucrative positions in the fast food industries.
will say "Made In China"?
Great chineese food delivery goes orbital. I bet they'll be making devileries to the ISS by 2006.
Possible names for their space crafts:
1) The General Tso
2) The Sweet and Sour Shuttle
3) The Communist Surprise
I have no
The X Prize does not involve going into orbit.
Why do you slashdot people always have to get so technical? It's not like this stuff is rocket science...
oh wait a second........