[bonesmccoy]

It appears that we are coming up on the launch of the first Chinese manned space mission.

The announcement may occur sometime tonight.

Stay tuned.

I predicted announcment around 6 AM PST on 10-15-03

Since the Chinese gov't is too chicken to show it live, my guess is that there will be no announcement of any mission until after landing.

[RobFromGa]

FOXNEWS WEB BREAKING BANNER SAYS CHINA HAS LAUNCHED

[pointsal]

sounds like a Soviet monkey has a better shot at living.

[Major_Risktaker]

I wonder when China will have it's first African-Chinese Astronaut?

[Senator Pardek]

http://www.lostcosmonauts.com/

[3_if_by_Treason]

Well, here's to 'em.....

THANKS ORVILLE AND WILBER WRIGHT December 17, 1903.

[ET(end tyranny)]

With today's technology, is it really possible that they could launch and we wouldn't know if it were successful or not?

[Light Speed]

To bad the Chinese went anal and kept the launch from their people...why would they be so ashamed of what they have achieved?

Nasa has been rather quiet for some time now on vision issues ie space exploration....some comment that the Gov of the U.S. is at fault for not holding Nasa's feet to the fire and setting an agenda for them to follow thru on.

NASA..JPL...DARPA....DOD..they have stuff from decades ago that could be the answer to solve many technical issues..but one thing holds it all back...and that thing is;
the working speed of our computers.

Nuclear drive gets you power..but it needs shielding and there's no way this can be some metal wall containment..it must be a generated Feild containment.

this concept of Feild generation would apply to hull strength/integrity.....energy conduit controll and integrity....protection from radiations which move thru space.

They can pull this off now..but only for short time intervals...but soon..soon the computer speeds will increase..enough to generate containment feilds.

The last 2 Shuttle missions were micro gravity tests....NASA doing their part.

I used to run a CNC Underwater cut Plasma gantry ..big scale steel for oil facility construction.
the Plasma used Cryogenic Nitrogen gas....computer controlled the sequencing solenoids...the plasma stream was set thru a sheilding conduit..with an exit stream that cut thick steel like butter.

Boeing Deep space 1 Ion Drive Engine

This engine uses Xenon Gas..where my Plasma used Cryo nitrogen.

The technologies are similar..in that the *Sheilding is physical...its a metal alloy..with a computer contolling mixing .

Soon..Computers will allow NASA and others to create sheild containment..and sequencing.

They will be able to generate such speeds that inertial dampeners will be needed..or you will become a smudge mark of ooze on a bulk head...here again..the computer speeds will enable science to work the chalkboard in reality.

[Cboldt]

From: NASANews@hq.nasa.gov
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:30:20 -0400 (EDT)
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: NASA ADMINISTRATOR MARKS CHINA'S SPACE MILESTONE

Glenn Mahone/Bob Jacobs
Headquarters, Washington Oct. 14, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1898/1600)

RELEASE: 03-333

NASA ADMINISTRATOR MARKS CHINA'S SPACE MILESTONE

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe about China's first successful human space flight.

"This launch is an important achievement in the history of human exploration. China, after Russia and the United States, is only the third nation to successfully launch humans into space.

"The Chinese people have a long and distinguished history of exploration. NASA wishes China a continued safe human space flight program."

For additional information about NASA's 45 years of exploration and discovery, visit: http://www.nasa.gov