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Old 12-October-2005, 01:51 AM
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Old 12-October-2005, 02:34 AM
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Successful according to the BBC, two-man crew due to spend five days in orbit
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Old 12-October-2005, 11:24 AM
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Is there a picture of what the Chinese space craft looks like?

As the moon has been done, will China be able to borrow from Apollo and achive a landing quicker than it took the US to do so
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Old 12-October-2005, 06:35 PM
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Looks a lot like a Soyuz.
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That one guy pushing the launch button reminded me of my scratch built model rocket controller. I used the box from the Dr Zooch Saturn V kit, designed by the guy that does the Klyde Morris cartoon
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Yeah well clearly it has a little more sophistication than that, also seems they dont require perfect weather to launch unlike some agencies I can think of. Good on them, the more people in space the better.
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Old 12-October-2005, 10:33 PM
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I just heard on the Radio that some men in the US congress blocked China's request to be involved with the ISS.
That seems a strange descision.

What is wrong with them getting involved with the ISS,

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Yeah well clearly it has a little more sophistication than that, also seems they dont require perfect weather to launch unlike some agencies I can think of. Good on them, the more people in space the better.
The weather was ok, the snow stopped 30 minutes before the launch, and the temperature was about 3 or 4 degrees Celsius.
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I just heard on the Radio that some men in the US congress blocked China's request to be involved with the ISS.
That seems a strange descision.

What is wrong with them getting involved with the ISS,

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Maybe due to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_r...ublic_of_China
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So how come the Human Rights abuses in the Soviet Union did not prevent the 1975 Apollo Soyuze link up ?

The way to deal with these problems is engagement not ostracisation, which is a complete waste.

We need to get the Chinese on board, if the we are get anything meaningful done in personned space flight.

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these guys have some pictures of the mission

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/for...id=614&posts=5

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Doesn´t the Chinese rocket look, well, baroque, byzantine?
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Shenzhou 6 Astronauts Rack up a Day of Firsts for China

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After one day in space, the two astronauts aboard China’s Shenzhou 6 spacecraft have already racked up a series of firsts for their country’s space program, not the least of which began with leaving their seats.

Circling the Earth in a 213-mile (343-kilometer) orbit, Chinese astronauts Fei Julong and Nie Haisheng conducted a day of observation and science in the orbital module of their Shenzhou 6 spacecraft, according to state media reports.
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Shenzhou 6 May Return A Day Earlier

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Shenzhou 6, China's second manned spacecraft, is likely to return a day ahead of schedule, the Shanghai Morning Post said Thursday.

The spacecraft, which is orbiting the Earth, may land on the grasslands in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region about 6am Saturday, the newspaper said, citing an unnamed source.

There is no official announcement about its return time. But official TV anchormen and anchorwomen did not use "five-day space mission" Thursday as often as Wednesday during the live broadcast periods.
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We need to get the Chinese on board, if the we are get anything meaningful done in personned space flight.
No, we do not. We just need to get our respective houses in order. We didn't need the Russians for Mercury/Gemini/Apollo, we didn't need them for the Space Shuttle (fat lot of good it did for us, but hey). The Russians didn't need us for their Vostok/Soyuz (a fact I'm sure many of them are extremely grateful for).

No one needs anyone up there. And the Apollo-Soyuz link up was a publicity stunt more than anything really useful. While the ESA is good about paying their way on projects that involve sending their people aloft, they'd probably be doing themselves a service by getting off their butts and building a manned vessel of their own.

Let the ISS stand as a monolithic warning about the price of too much integration in space. Consensus breeds mediocrity.
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I'm wondering who & how can you change the title of the thread?
I took the liberty of doing it, but I think only moderators are allowed to. Hope you don't mind.
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