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China to Land on Moon Around 2017

Posted by Zonk on from the we're-whalers-on-the-moon-we-carry-a-harpoon dept.

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."

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  1. Obligatory Monty Python Song..... by segedunum · · Score: 0, Troll

    I like Chinese, I like Chinese, They only come up to your knees, Yet they're always friendly and they're ready to please I like Chinese, I like Chinese, There's nine hundred million of them in the world today, You'd better learn to like them that's what I say.

  2. Can we still be proud? by bogaboga · · Score: 0, Troll
    Can we as Americans still be proud when the Chinese finally land on the moon? What frontier shall we be left with to brag about? The sad thing is that, even with technology, we seem to have no answer to IEDs in Iraq...so much so that it appears we are being whipped over there!

    Never mind that Dick Cheney said that increased insurgent activity is characteristic of kicks of a dying horse! This he said almost a year ago! Take a look http://icasualties.org/oif/. The picture looks ugly.

  3. Re:Asians in Space. by greatwall · · Score: 0, Troll

    idiot!