From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Apr 27 2003 - 09:35:18 MDT
--- Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:
Citizens of many other countries have been to space: europeans,
> An orbiting taikonaut will be even more impressive if American
I am seeing now plans to turn the HL-20, now called the Sation Crew
Russia still has a technical advantage. What they lack is a financial
The only thing that concerns me about Chinese manned launchers is that
As for India, being able to program great flight simulators is a far
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: Sun Apr 27 2003 - 09:45:53 MDT
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> By Bruce Sterling
> Later this year, if all goes as planned, China will become the third
> country to send a citizen into space.
Indians, Japanese, africans, etc. If Bruce means that this would be the
third sent into space by launchers built by their own nation, well,
that would be accurate, though that is more a matter of the europeans
not trusting their own launchers with human passengers than anything
else. Oh, and Canada helped build the Space Shuttle and has had
astronauts on it. Does that count?
> shuttles are stuck in their hangars while the misnamed International
> Space Station limps along with a skeleton crew.
Recovery Vehicle, into a launchable passenger transfer vehicle. This
would be the easiest and quickest way to replace the space shuttle,
especially if that vehicle becomes entirely automated.
> As Russia once did, China has a strong technical advantage. It
> already owns a chunk of the commercial space-launch business. But
> India has a decent shot at
> victory as well. It doesn't have China's manufacturing know-how, but
> it's rapidly becoming the world's software back office.>>
advantage.
there seems to be a distinct lack of regard for individual human life
by chinese authorities. I suspect that the safety record of the Chinese
manned program will be dismal.
cry from being able to build a real space ship.
Mike Lorrey
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