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2005-08-16 China-Japan-Koreas

China plans unmanned moon mission by 2007

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Posted by Steve White 2005-08-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hey...they bought it from the Clinton administration fair and square. The reason I voted against Al Gore in 2000 was the Clinonistas' dismal record regarding China and technology sales...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-08-16 00:14|| 2005-08-16 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 The key word is "unmanned". Unmanned is easy - it's the manned part that is tough. Note that the manned version has a target date of 2017. That's almost 50 years after the Apollo missions.

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2005-08-16 00:18|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-08-16 00:18|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm wondering why Japan hasn't jumped into this race. Its unmanned program is a lot like NASA's and the ESA's. They are also ahead in several key technologies, like small nuclear reactors.

http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-16 00:36|| 2005-08-16 00:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Hoo-hum for the NASA, but the real prob for China is its rigid Socialist econ supp such lunar ambitions without effective de-regulation. America will be on Mars or beyond by the time China is capable of affording routine space flight to Terra Luna.

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2005-08-16 00:36|| n/a]">[n/a] 2005-08-16 00:36|| Front Page Top

#5 NASA's pretty ho-hum.
To my mind, the race is between a private US corporation and the Chinese.

Posted by Dishman">Dishman 2005-08-16 01:01|| 2005-08-16 01:01|| Front Page Top

#6 anee nyoos on em iranian spase proegrams?

Posted by muck4doo 2005-08-16 01:57|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-08-16 01:57|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't understand why they just don't steal our moon rocks. It'd be faster and cheaper, and illegality has never stopped them before.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2005-08-16 10:12|| 2005-08-16 10:12|| Front Page Top

#8 Well. Thirty-seven years after we landed unmanned probes (Surveyor) on the moon, the Chinese are about to follow? What progress!

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-16 15:48|| 2005-08-16 15:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Is 2007 the Year of the Loon?

Posted by Captain America 2005-08-16 17:14|| 2005-08-16 17:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Is it unmanned both ways, or just when coming back?

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2005-08-16 17:46|| http://www.punictreachery.com/]">[http://www.punictreachery.com/] 2005-08-16 17:46|| Front Page Top

#11 âScientists hope to get to know the moonâs environment and analyse the composition of lunar rocks

Okay, let me save you some money, it damn near a vaccuum, the oldest rocks are like some thingy in the Canadian Maritimes. Cold too! Unless it's real hot. The Darksides not really dark, it's more of a New Orleans atmosphere, dark, yet weird, if you catch my drift. Safe? Hardly.

Posted by Bruce Sagan 2005-08-16 18:52|| 2005-08-16 18:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Ya saved 'em billions. Who sez RB isn't awesome? Say "thank you", you fucking commies.

Posted by .com 2005-08-16 18:57|| 2005-08-16 18:57|| Front Page Top

#13 LOL ....PD's feeling spunky today

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-08-16 20:01|| 2005-08-16 20:01|| Front Page Top

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