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Jono
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29 Sep 2011, 2:28 pm

China has just launched it's first manned space station Tiangong 1:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15089720



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29 Sep 2011, 2:35 pm

Uhh ... "hoorah"?

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29 Sep 2011, 2:55 pm

Hopefully this'll boost the now-dormant space race a bit, encourage further spacey stuff through competition...



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29 Sep 2011, 2:57 pm

Fnord wrote:
Uhh ... "hoorah"?

:roll:


Gee, since the Americans can't even send their own astronauts into space at the moment without paying the Russians, I thought that those of us interested in space flight might be interested.



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29 Sep 2011, 2:58 pm

To7m wrote:
Hopefully this'll boost the now-dormant space race a bit, encourage further spacey stuff through competition...


I hope so too.



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29 Sep 2011, 3:07 pm

'Rare Earth' is all I am saying..



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29 Sep 2011, 3:14 pm

So if anyone from the Russian or US team gets a craving for General Tso's they know where to go now.


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29 Sep 2011, 5:28 pm

Jono wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Uhh ... "hoorah"?
Gee, since the Americans can't even send their own astronauts into space at the moment without paying the Russians, I thought that those of us interested in space flight might be interested.

Now, if the Chinese had been the first to launch a manned space station, my response would have been more enthusiastic. As it is, theirs is just another "me too" effort.


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