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China welcomes NASA chief, but calls on US to be more open
spacedaily.com ^ | 05/04/06

Posted on 05/07/2006 11:31:57 AM PDT by KevinDavis

China is looking forward to an upcoming visit by the head of NASA but has called on the United States to be more welcoming to its space officials, state media said Thursday.

US National Aeronautic and Space Administration chief Michael Griffin said last month he had accepted an invitation from the China National Space Administration to visit the country, although no date has yet been announced.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: browncoats; space
My browncoat is now at the cleaners....
1 posted on 05/07/2006 11:31:59 AM PDT by KevinDavis
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2 posted on 05/07/2006 11:32:26 AM PDT by KevinDavis (http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
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"Zhang said he hoped the situation would change and emphasized that China was willing to cooperate with the United States in areas including deep space exploration, commercial satellite launches and manned space flights.

He pledged to protect US intellectual property rights -- a key concern for many countries from which China seeks technological cooperation."

We can be such unfair bastards at times. They only want to be our friends, feed their people and see space...
3 posted on 05/07/2006 11:52:44 AM PDT by elfman2 (An army of amateurs doing the media's job.)
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To: KevinDavis

The title sounds like an Onion article...


4 posted on 05/07/2006 12:11:09 PM PDT by El Laton Caliente (NRA Member & GUNSNET.NET Moderator)
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...has called on the United States to be more welcoming to its space officials, state media said Thursday.

I guess Clinton didn't sell them everything.

5 posted on 05/07/2006 12:21:49 PM PDT by hattend
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To: KevinDavis

"Pot,.kettle, kettle, pot" ping.


6 posted on 05/08/2006 4:57:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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