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Chinese Astronaut Makes It Back Safely
brindafella writes "SpaceDaily is reporting that China's historic first manned space mission has ended with the safe return of its first astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Yang Liwei, 38, who landed just before 6.30am Beijing time (2230 UTC 15/10) at the designated recovery zone north east of Beijing. The capsule has been recovered and opened and the pilot is very much alive, 'and doing autographs.' Furthermore, 'Premier Wen Jiabao was seen on television talking to Yang on the phone and smiling widely and clapping after he hung up.'"
Wow, these racist posts are getting pretty full on - racial slurs about black americans get modded down into oblivion and racial slurs about anyone else get modded to the stars.
It seems like the time is right to split slashdot into us.slashdot.org and wholeworld.slashdot.org.
Or maybe under14s.slashdot.org and over14s.slashdot.org
Think about it. China is the most populous country in the world. They've got an active space program. But on star trek we get a couple of japanese and a korean. And what about India? That's 1/3 of the world population between the two of them and neither has had representation on a series about the harmonious earth of the future. Stupid Americans.
Now, 600 years later, a European colony is the world's dominant economic, technological and military power
You're talking about the United States, right? Because last time I checked, the United States was still the largest economic house in the world, still the leader of technology innovation, and definately has the most well trained, well equipped and well educated military in the world.
Of course I know you were talking about China... silly me. But nonetheless your statement (if about China) is incorrect, not to say it won't be correct in 50 years, mind you, but that's another story, and a lot can change in 50 years. A lot can change in 20 years....