China Sending Two People Into Space

henrypijames writes "As reported widely in Chinese media, China has began production of and launch preparations for it's new Shenzhou ("divine ship") 6 spaceship. While being roughly equal in design to Shenzhou 5 which sent the first Chinese into space last year (although having capacity for three persons), Shenzhou 6 is supposed to carry two "Taikonaut" next year."

Comments

Yay for variety..

[Anonymous Coward]

"Shenzhou 6 is supposed to carry two "Taikonaut" next year."

I bet the people on the space station were getting tired of american and russian food. I never had taikonaut but its probably good...

Re:Yay for variety..

[c1ay]

This just means that the space station will now have a choice of either Mandarin or Szechuan style when they order chinese take-out.

Re:Yay for variety..

[alkali]

This just means that the space station will now have a choice of either Mandarin or Szechuan style when they order chinese take-out.

The problem with dehydrated Chinese space food packets is that .021 Earth revolutions later, you're hungry again.

Space Race!!

[MongooseCN]

Hopefully this will get the US to start a space race with China! Just to make sure, everyone tell Bush that if China gets a man on Mars first, that proves that the president of China has a bigger penis than the president of the US.

Re:Space Race!!

[JeffHeatonDotCom]

Nah, that won't do it, there is no OIL on Mars.

Jeff

Re:Space Race!!

[Sogol]

maybe, but the president of the US is still a bigger penis

China Sending Two People Into Space

[Mononoke]

I notice that nothing is said about bringing them back.

Re:China Sending Two People Into Space

[Anonymous Coward]

Wonder if we can help them choose which two? ;)

Hmmm...

Darl McBride
Steve Ballamer
Bill Gates
Rosie O'Donnel ...

Why is this reminding me of a Simpson's episode? Maybe if we have their rocket go into the sun...

Fast lane

[savagedome]

Shenzhou 5 which sent the first Chinese into space last year (although having capacity for three persons), Shenzhou 6 is supposed to carry two "Taikonaut" next year."

They are sending two people so that they can drive the carpool lane. (HOV lane) !!

all of this leads to future Chinese Space Station?

[Neuropol]

Don't we have a huge self-contained, furnished, International Room With a View in orbit already? Why don't they plan to just build on to that and add at least a recroom. Ping pong in 0g.

It would be a great way to ease the tension of this whole nuke issue.

Two Chinese, an American, and Ruskie...

[9Nails]

So two Chinese, seven Americans, and a Russian were flying in space...

paranoia creeps... coming up slowly

[Nadsat]

Bomb them all from the moon! We must not allow a mine shaft gap!

Re:Good for manned spaceflights

[TopShelf]

I don't know, this could result in space getting overwhelmed - at least if one recalls the old Benny Hill joke:

"Once upon a time, there were two Chinamen...

Now look how many!"

Re:Yay... go china....

[krumms]

By rest of the world I did mean the USSR and US.

You failed geography, didn't you?

Damn It!!!

[DAldredge]

I have told you people to stop making fun of Karl Rove!!!!

Show more respect!

Bad Chinese Drivers?

[perdelucena]

Me too. I also had this problem with my video card. I'm not sure if the drivers were chinese or made in Taiwan, but sure they didn't work as expected!

Soon...

[Mr. Cancelled]

"All your planets are belong to us!"

Re:MOD PARENT DOWN!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks for your input. No one cares.

anecdote cont'd

[roman_mir]

... with only one landing module designed for three people...

(someone has to come up with an ending now)

Re:anecdote cont'd

[nounderscores]

...when the chinese commander says "For the Glory of the People's Republic we will stay in the Orbital module, sitting in the cold darkness enduring hardships and awaiting resupply, thus allowing the other space travelers a chance to reenter."

The Ruskie says: "While we of the CCCP do not fear firey death in re-entry, there is only one of me and seven of you Americans, how will we choose which two of you will acompany me to earth?"

Whereapon the American Commander says: "Hey, I thought that in SOVIET RUSSIA the Earth Re-enters YOU?"

So they threw the american crew out of the airlock and the three communists took the capsule home.

In China

[TheKidWho]

Back in soviet china anyone can fly to space.

A couple of Russian jokes about Chinese space prog

[Poligraf]

These are really old.

1. TASS news - there was a collision in the orbit between Soviet and Chinese spaceships. Two cosmonauts have died on the Soviet ship; three cosmonauts and twenty two stokers/firemen died on the Chinese one ;-).

2. China has launched a new satellite.
Two thousand people strained themselves during that launch ;-).

While this message sounds like a flaimbait, it really isn't. I personally admire Chinese civilization, and hope that the West will adopt a bit more than just Chinese food. For example, qigong and Daoist sexual techniques.