I just wish they would build something like the R-56

manned space flight on October 13
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13957326
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1475604.htm
astronauts in Shenzhou VI will conduct experiments

Satellite Spots China’s Manned Rocket

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The media barely reported the Chinese two-man launch today...

www.astronautix.com has more.
http://www.spacedaily.com/2005/0510...3.utlcsi5p.html
http://www.astronautix.com/craft/shenzhou.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/cz2f.htm
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...hou6_lnch.html
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-05zzzzzzzzp.html
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-05zzzzzzzzl.html

More at www.nasawatch.com

Down from hits!
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1921/

So don't feel bad about lack of coverage. MSNBC reported--as a top story--some old creek that flooded out a bit in New Hampshire. Oh, to be sure, Tucker Carlson or Jon Stewart will be smirking out a cutie pie story on the recent launch--bouncing their insipid voices off comsats launched by better men.

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Misc.From The web:

"You can watch a few pictures of the first zero-G fight of Kliper at
http://spacemodels.nuxit.net/Kliper/zerog/index.htm. This is a 1/50
model built by Serge Gracieux which flew last month in the Novespace
Zero-G Airbus 300."

Vincent Meens
http://spacemodels.nuxit.net/

"Here's a nifty website regarding the proposed
Soviet Kliper space vehicle:"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kliper

http://images.spaceref.com/news/2005/nas.esas.17.l.jpg

"The Beatles song "Get Back" comes to mind! More on the ESAS here:"

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1069

Cool:
http://www.northstarrocketry.org.uk/junk/Buran1.wmv
http://www.liftport.com/forums/showt...=2206#post2206


A must!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle...Launch_Vehicle

China eyes moon mission, space station within 15 years
Aims to Put Man on Moon
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...112700248.html
HONG KONG — Fresh from its second manned space mission, China’s space program is in the position to put a man on the moon and build a space station in 15 years, an official said Sunday.
‘‘I think in about 10 to 15 years, we will have the ability to build our own space station and to carry out a manned moon landing,’’ said Hu Shixiang, deputy commander of China’s manned space flight program.
But that goal is subject to getting enough funds from the government, Hu said, explaining that the space program must fit in the larger scheme of the country’s overall development.
Hu was in Hong Kong with the two astronauts who conducted China’s second successful manned space mission in October. He spoke during a televised question-and-answer session with executives from various television stations and newspapers.

http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=11731

This weekend Chinese leader Hu Jintao outlined some of his country`s ambitions for a space program and its applications in building a great nation.

http://science.monstersandcritics.co...ions_for_space

China in Space: Possibilities and Risks
http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsA...1-23-voa18.cfm
Richard Fisher, Vice President of the International Assessment Strategy Center, a research group near Washington, D.C., says China's latest mission, which allowed two astronauts to conduct scientific experiments in low earth orbit, is driven by a number of economic and political goals.

Chinese Moon Bases?

Chinese Moon Bases?

Chinese man on the Moon far off

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That is good news:

A flyby is closer it seems:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?id=4162

I thought they had postponed their new LM5...

Lesson #1 in spacewatching China. Until you see it loft, you assume you know nothing about what they are up to without serious ground zero human intelligence. Beijing has demonstrated its blatant willingness to completely mislead the world when it comes to the release of information about everything else that goes on within their borders. Why would their space program, their military space program, be somehow exempt?

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I know there are secrets--but they are going to be selling rides atop their vehicles, and their capabilities have to be known for such a business to become possible.

We know a bit more about their space program at this stage of the game than we did of the Soviets during the 1960's.

Sure, in terms of launch vehicle capabilities, I understand that. I should specify, I wouldn't trust their press releases concerning their own payloads. Pardon the confusion.

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's okay. In some respects a circumlunar flyby is easier to do than the circularization needed for geosynch. Thre are all kinds of LEO paths, but you had better be on top of the ball to put something in geostationary. Having an oil platform to launch from helps.

I thought the launch windows for LEOs were pretty specific, with only a few every year, and something about a 17 year cycle for optimal transits because of a precession cycle?

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China Might Be Planning Early Space Station Attempt

For many years, analysts have noted the preparation of two launchpads at Jiuquan that seemed earmarked for Shenzhou. They speculated that China may have been planning to launch two Shenzhou spacecraft into orbit at almost the same time. Such plans now seem unlikely, but both pads will be necessary two support a flight rate of three missions in roughly three months. China will also need to ramp up its rocket and spacecraft production to deal with this demanding schedule.
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ch...n_Attempt.html
But just when it seemed we had enough to tease us, Qi has also noted that there will be "a small, man-tended space station" launched in 2011 or 2012. Is this a second-generation version of the station China intends to launch on Shenzhou 8? Or is this something more ambitious, possibly launched by the long-awaited heavy-lift Long March? Perhaps China's plans will change yet again in the interim. In the meantime, we have plenty to anticipate.