10/14 China launches manned flight!
\_ don't be so proud. Key components are foreign nature, that
include the capsule (based upon Russian's Soyou(sp?), and the
navigation system is made by Hughs Electronics.
\_ Soyuz (Union).
\_ There are rumors that not all scientists working on the Apollo
missions were born in the USA.
\_ ...so? certainly not all scientists working on the manhattan
project were born in the US.
\_ That was sarcasm. I don't think the fact the China
mission uses foreign components detracts from the achievement
anymore than the US using foreign-born scientists/engineers/
whatever in the Apollo program.
\_ It's not rumors. The US got top V2 rocket engineers from
Germany after WWII. They felt German pride with all their
accomplishments with rockets for the US including the lunar
landing. There was a PBS program about this. That being said,
I think the Chinese were the ones that invented rockets, so it
has come full circle somewhat.
\_ The German's V2 was stolen from Goddard.
\_ "German Pride" caused WWI and WWII. We can do without it.
\_ There's a difference between having foreign-born Americans
work on something, and getting help from foreign governments.
landing. There was a PBS program about this.
\_ BFD. so, the Chinese engineering/integration had nothing
to do with it? It's all in the parts? --Jon
\_ I agree. The Chinese deserve credit.
\_ "It's been done." Seriously what's the big deal?
\_ We need another space race to advance technology and create
jobs. A little rivalry is not a bad thing. Bring on Mars!!!
\_ No wonder it's so short.
\_ Hey, baby, that's not a rocket in my pocket -bclinton
\_ Correction: China _says_ they have manned spaceflight. They
cancelled the live broadcast. We'll find out later if the guy
went up in flames on the way up or during reentry.
\_ Learn Engrish first lah. All op said was "launches".
\_ We don't know it was manned. We only know what the Chinese
government says, lah! I'll grant that they probably did
launch a rocket because we can satellite track it. But was
a real live human being inside? Shrug.
\_ There comes a point in any conspiracy theory where you
have to ask yourself: is it more work to maintain the
conspiracy or to actually do what they say they've done?
\_ True. Consider how trivially easy it is to hide the
fact that no human's in a rocket. Without a live
broadcast.
\_ Actually, they sent up OJ Simpson. Really. I saw
\_ All we need is a TV clip showing that Chinese pilot talking
in a weightless environment. Then either there was a
manned flight in orbit, or the Chinese has advanced its
special effect technology to create a fake weightlessness
footage which is still a huge achievement.
\_ i dont think the Chinese are faking it. However,
if you want to take footage in zero g without going to
space it's pretty easy to do in a plane.
\_ Yeah, but in a Chinese plane?
to do with it? It's all in the parts? --Jon
the movie. |