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There is not a lot of info on the upcoming launch, but here's a little more.
1 posted on 10/02/2003 12:14:29 PM PDT by RightWhale
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2 posted on 10/02/2003 12:16:06 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: RightWhale
NASA, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics better get off their butts and build us something that has excellent payload and also can be reused.
Because right now it looks like the Chinese are going to trump us on space exploration, number one.
Number two, all current 'orbital space plane' plans are unworkable and do not offer the capabilities we need.
Number three, there's too much apathy in the industry, way too much waste and pure lunacy going on.
3 posted on 10/02/2003 12:30:38 PM PDT by Darksheare (Terrorists. Tastes just like chicken. But needs bacon to go down well.)
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To: RightWhale
Super secret picture of Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft.
4 posted on 10/02/2003 12:33:50 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (Guns!)
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To: RightWhale
China remains a nation run by and for its military. It will never truely move towards Democracy until it's generals are demoted from warlords to civil servants who defend a constitution rather than a party.
5 posted on 10/02/2003 12:34:35 PM PDT by .cnI redruM ("We hang petty thieves, we elevate the great ones to public office." Aesop, 600BC)
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To: RightWhale
Oh thank you Bill Clinton - you sorry POS - you sold the little Chinese S/H's the chips and software necessary for the success of the commie rockets.

Clintoon the "first" Chinese president.

6 posted on 10/02/2003 1:15:26 PM PDT by sandydipper (Never quit - never surrender!)
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There is a very good chance, IMHO, that the American manned program will be outsourced to Russia and China and any other low bidders.
7 posted on 10/02/2003 1:16:39 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
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