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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."

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  1. XBox rules!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post!!! you lame assholes... I can post first because my XBox is a american product and my pride in my great country and my great XBox accelerate everything...

    If only they would make games for that bitch... IAve played Metroid Prime and it ruled... I hope M$ will buy those japanese bastards and port Metroid to my great american console system!!!

    Join the fun!!!

    Do you know gamespy.slashdot.org???

  2. Lotsa Chinese by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Two Chinese? Well, I guess they better get started if they're going to one day move their whole population through space.

  3. China: still better than America! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    God Bless America

    God Bless America, with the worst crime levels in the first world
    God Bless America, where "democracy" means a rich, white male as President
    God Bless America, the biggest consumer of the world's natural resources
    God Bless America, so happy to violate international laws
    God Bless America, where "freedom of speech" means race-hate groups like KKK
    God Bless America, and its massive and ever-growing poverty gap
    God Bless America, with barely 300 years of dire history and culture
    God Bless America, all its appalling "sitcoms" with no grasp of irony
    God Bless America, with the highest obesity levels in the developed world
    God Bless America, because corporations should be allowed to run amok
    God Bless America, wasting billions to attack foreign countries

    God Bless America, and thank God I don't have to live there.

    -

  4. Uh Oh ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know those Chinese multiply like rabbits: 2, 4, 8, 16 ...

  5. MOD PARENT DOWN!! by El_Ge_Ex · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I find it offensive that the first thing slashdot thinks of in a case like this is delivery food!

    -B

  6. Re:chinee by roman_mir · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How the hell do you figure that English is my first language, asshole? Russian and Ukrainian are though, so fuck off, ok?

  7. Re:chinee by roman_mir · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The fact that I see chinese drive like shit, that is my empirical evidence.

  8. Re:chinee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OMG!!!! Space got teh SARS!!!!

  9. Re:Yay for variety.. by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The poverty line in the US isn't set as the same level as most other countries. It is set at a much higher level. Most people under the poverty line in the US have phone service, cable and a place to live (rent or own). Food can be provided by our food stamp program.

  10. Re:chinee by roman_mir · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No matter what, my bad grammar will not try to crush into you on an empty road at 3 am in the morning, while making an illegal fucking left turn.
    Yeah, I fucking see a problem with Chinese drivers, they shouldn't be fucking allowed to drive in most instances.

  11. Re:Space Race!! by Luscious868 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well I'm afraid that I have bad news for you buddy. With Nader in, Kerry can't win. I hope your ready for 4 more years of George.

  12. Nostradamus said. . . by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Something about the Reds and Yellows trumping the Whites and the Blacks. . .

    Or perhaps I'm mis-remembering. Not that it really matters with that crazy old codger. But hold on. Let me look it up. . .

    "In a short time the temples with colors
    Of white and black of the two intermixed:
    Red and yellow ones will carry off theirs from them,
    Blood, land, plague, famine, fire extinguished by water."


    After all, Whites and Blacks are too bloody individualistic and prone to complaining and fighting back and such. The Asians will make much better slaves to our new ____ overlords, (who I for one welcome. . ,).

    Consider the ancient wisdom. . . "The Nail that stands up Will be Hammered Down."

    When a society carries that kind of programming, which is in full evidence, not to mention the slighter builds, etc., and the various other preconditioned behavioral traits which make for crazy-hard workers and people who readily accept crud living conditions and tyranny and various bullshit on a massive scale. . . Yep. All of that screams, 'Slave Race'. Heck. Look at Japanese idea of sex; What's with all the bondage? Ego problems, anyone? Feel so un-confident in your masculinity and personality that you realize the hopelessness of actual mating and that unless she's tied down you're just not going to be procreating any time soon? No comment.

    Of course, your bug/lizard/alien/whatever overlords are going to propel a race like this to the top of the food chain. --And kill off the frickn' Americans! They're too much trouble. Same with the Australians and the Jews. Contain them each on their own continents and blast 'em!

    What? You think the strong are being set up for a massive fall purely by accident? Heck no! We're being deliberately manipulated into castrating the strong to make way for the new off-world managerial staff.

    You think I'm kidding? Pshaw! Think again. I've even got the tin-foil to prove it! (Well, I don't actually. Tin-foil doesn't actually do much. Not owning a cell phone or eating shit food or doing legal/illegal drugs, or believing TV lies or wasting away in front of idiot video games. . . These are better methods of keeping one's head clear, I'd say. But the Tin Foil was a good idea!)

    This is Fantastic Lad reporting Live from the Edge. Back to you, Slashdot!


    -FL