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China to Land on Moon Around 2017
smooth wombat writes "China has announced that it plans to land on the moon around the year 2017. They also plan to set up a moon-based astronomical telescope, measure the thickness of the moon's soil as well as the amount of helium-3 on the moon. Helium-3 is regarded by some researchers as the perfect non-polluting fuel source. China's first lunar orbiter could blast off as early as 2007, coinciding with its third manned space trip in which possibly three men would orbit Earth in Shenzhou VII and conduct a space walk."
But since it's a fermion, it can't become a Bose-Einstein Condensate.
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Sorry... too much Wikipedia
I am unamerican, and proud of it!
Wait until they arrive and find out it's just a Hollywood set.
Let's just mine the moon of it's natural resources. It won't affect the earth in any way or will it... If we take off any sizable chuck of the moon it will affect the tides.
Ooo man the floppy drive is broken. No wait. The computer is just upside down.
"[...] China sits on wast dollar reserves [...]"
...which they need in order to pay for their nuclear wessels.
(I'm sorry. I couldn't resist.)
Ooo man the floppy drive is broken. No wait. The computer is just upside down.
...that they can see the Great Firewall from space.
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. - William Shakespeare
I bought many of acres of moon land through the "Lunar Registry". I assume that China will check with me before picking a landing spot? I don't want any of my prime real estate damaged by their rockets.
I didn't pay $32/acre just to let anyone use it. That would be stupid!
NASA is out-sourcing as well?
China - 2017
USA - 2018
not of course counting: Hollywood - 1969
They don't even know how to drive a car, and they're going to land on the moon? Good Luck... Hopefully they don't dent up the ISS while en route =P
They could just stand on each other's shoulders like they did in the kung fu movies.
Travelling to the moon ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations they could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova, and that would end their trip real quick, wouldn't it!
You guys got it all wrong. China does not need to land on the moon to claim it. They did not set a foot on Taiwan and what's stoping them from claiming it as part of China?
One day, someone is going to build a flag so big, it will destroy us all.
Can someone pop into the planing office when they get there, just to make sure. :-)
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