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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:14 PM
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China launches first manned spacecraft [DRUDGE ANNOUNCES CHINA LAUNCH]
Edited on Tue Oct-14-03 08:17 PM by truthisfreedom
drudge just put up the flasher... china launched.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-10/15/content_1123795.htm

China launches first manned spacecraft




www.chinaview.cn 2003-10-15 09:06:35

??JIUQUAN, Gansu, Oct. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- China's first manned spacecraft, the Shenzhou-5, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

??The spacecraft, atop a Long March II F rocket, was piloted by Yang Liwei, 38, a lieutenant colonel of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Yang, a member of the PLA's Astronauts Team, was trained at home.

??The Shenzhou mission, if successful, will make China the third nation to send a man into outer space, following the former SovietUnion and the United States. Enditem
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Khephra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:18 PM
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1. I never thought I'd say this
Edited on Tue Oct-14-03 08:19 PM by khephra
But GO CHINA!

Maybe this will wake this nation from its apathy towards space travel.
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:19 PM
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2. i updated the story... rocket is in the air
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:30 PM
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3. Goooooo China!
Hoooo Haaaaaaah!!
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:32 PM
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4. new story link: washington post!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26643-2003Oct14?language=printer

China Launches Manned Space Mission



The Associated Press
Tuesday, October 14, 2003; 9:09 PM






GOBI DESERT, China - China launched its first manned space mission on Wednesday, sending an astronaut hurtling toward orbit and becoming the third country in history to do so on its own - four decades after the Soviet Union and the United States.


The smoky tracer was visible against a bright, azure northwest China sky. The official Xinhua News Agency immediately confirmed the launch and said the astronaut was Yang Liwei, 38.



"China's first manned spacecraft, the Shenzhou 5, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu at 9 a.m. Wednesday (9 p.m. EDT)," Xinhua said. State television cut into its programming to announce the launch.
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more!
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Emperor_Norton_II Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:32 PM
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5. BBC now reporting
A Long March-II F rocket carrying the Shenzhou V spacecraft blasted off from the Gobi desert launch pad.

The craft is expected to orbit the Earth 14 times, returning about 21 hours later.

The astronaut on board was named as Yang Liwei, a 38-year-old from China's north-east.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3192330.stm
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Minstrel Boy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:48 PM
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6. Godspeed, Yang Liwei.
I'm not as enamoured as I once was with manned spaceflight, but it's gotta be lonely up there.
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:51 PM
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7. Any time a human is launched into orbit...
...it is a triumph for mankind. Kudos to China!!!
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Kitsune Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:56 PM
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8. YAY! *nt*
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 08:58 PM
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9. The world
just changed. Ta da!
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 09:02 PM
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10. Drudge is obsessed with Chinese military stories
He always prints Bill Gertz's heavy-breathing articles.
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Zech Marquis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 09:06 PM
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11. now on CNN
Edited on Tue Oct-14-03 09:09 PM by Zech Marquis
must be a huge shock for the sheeple :evilgrin: I wonder what old Darth Rummy said when he got the news?

Now Miles O Brian is trashing it--calling it a knockoff of the Russiam space program :argh: Geez!
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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 09:16 PM
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12. So Miles O Brian...for all his name
has no clue.

Rivers in Egypt syndrome.
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Zech Marquis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 09:43 PM
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15. CNN--no surprise
after Columbia was destroyed on re-entry, the only people who managed to launch anyone into space were..the Russians, and now the Chinese. MilesO'Brien, they must be doing something right, you melon head! :eyes:
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jbutsz Donating Member (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 09:18 PM
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13. Congrats to China
And good luck to Yang Liwei..
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psychopomp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 09:35 PM
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14. ...And, I hope, a safe return for Mr. Yang
Congradulations, people of China!
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 11:12 PM
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16. Hooray!
I think this is a good thing. All the more reason to keep our program progressing.

Congratulations to the slave-labor state that supports our economy!

Seriously, I am happy for this.
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China claims its place in space

(CNN) -- China's first astronaut Yang Liwei is in orbit following a successful launch Wednesday morning from the Jiuquan launch site in the western Gobi Desert, state media reports.

Speaking from space the 38-year-old astronaut reported back to mission controllers that he "feels good" and said the spacecraft is operating normally, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/14/china.launch/index.html
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Ivory_Tower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-03 11:24 PM
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17. This could be great news -- but I wonder how Russia is reacting?
If there is a level of cooperation with China like there is between the US and Russia, this could be great for the global space program.

If only China wasn't so damn secretive about their program!

I wonder how Russia is reacting to this news?
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