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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chris_ on September 14, 2009, 12:01:42 PM
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China Breaks Ground on Space Launch Center
China broke ground on its fourth space center Monday, highlighting the country's soaring space ambitions six years after it sent its first man into orbit.
The space port on the southern island province of Hainan incorporates a launch site and mission control center for slinging the country's massive new rockets into space carrying satellites and components for a future space station and deep space exploration.
The reports portrayed the center as a major stride forward for China's military-backed space program, which has launched three manned missions since 2003, including one last year that featured the country's first space walk.
IMO, the next man on the moon will be Chinese. Uncle Eg0 ain't going to spend money on a program that won't bring him votes.
MORE (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=8565118)
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I would rather see the Chinese do it than nobody do it. Our space program is for all intents and purposed on hiatus for awhile.
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I would rather see the Chinese do it than nobody do it. Our space program is for all intents and purposed on hiatus for awhile.
Unfortunately, me too.
Also unfortunately true, is your assessment of our space program. Between politics and infighting at NASA, it's just... :(
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I'm just glad someone is still actively involved in a space program.
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Space center on an island...what are they going to call it? ...Cape Bill Clinton?