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Liu Yang Becomes China's First Female Astronaut
China launched Saturday a rocket bearing three astronauts and an experimental orbiting module intended to presage a full-fledged space station at the end of this decade. While that's big news in itself, the launch also marks the first trip for a female Chinese astronaut. The BBC has a brief video, including part of a pre-launch press conference introducing 33-year-old astronaut Liu Yang, as well as her crewmates.
A few day before Liu Yang became the first Chinese female Taikonaut, another Chinese lady was forced to abort her 7-month old fetus
What an irony !!
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
The US government will probably make a profit on the loans made to banks during the bailout. The "shovel ready" projects were what cost trillions and didn't create any real jobs.
What cost consumers (who took out the bad loans) was the requirement that banks make a certain percentage of mortgage loans to unqualified borrowers. Those changes were forced through in the 90's and resulted in the housing bubble and inevitable collapse that followed.