China sends men in space

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China launches manned space flight

JIUQUAN, China (AP) -- Two years after China became only the third nation to launch a human into orbit, a pair of astronauts blasted off Wednesday on a longer, riskier mission after receiving a farewell visit from Premier Wen Jiabao.

Chinese astronauts land after 5 days in orbit
By AUDRA ANG
Associated Press

BEIJING — A space capsule carrying two Chinese astronauts landed early Monday after five days in orbit and the men were "in good health," the government announced, as a small army of rescue and medical workers rushed to greet the country's second manned space mission.

The capsule touched down by parachute in the country at 4:32 a.m. local time in the country's northern grasslands, the official Xinhua News Agency and state television reported.

The astronauts, Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng, blasted off Wednesday — their space mission an effort by the communist government to promote an image as an emerging technological power. It came two years after the country's first manned space flight.

"We feel good, our work is going smoothly and our life is happy," Fei was quoted as saying by Xinhua in a brief satellite hookup this evening, before heading back to Earth. "We will do our utmost to fulfill the mission."

Officials set up the primary landing site at Siziwangqi in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia and a backup site in Jiuquan in the Gobi Desert of China's northwest, where the capsule was launched Wednesday.

"The mission has accomplished the planned experiments and accumulated valuable technical data and experiences for the development of China's manned space program," Xinhua said today.

China is only the third country to send humans into orbit on its own, after Russia and the United States — a source of tremendous national pride as the communist government tries to cement its status as a rising power and help prepare for a moon landing by 2010 and the eventual creation of a space station. Shenzhou means "divine vessel."

China Central Television said in its evening broadcast that everyone involved in the mission was "excitedly preparing for the return." It showed scientists huddling in groups over computers at Beijing's command center, as well as meteorologists monitoring the weather.
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AWESOME FOR THEM CONGRATS!!! but from next time we chinese/indians needs tomake their space flights more worthy worthy in the sense not just space voyage but space EXPLORATION.
apparently we did send a manned mission wayy back in 1984 .
THERE SHUD BE INCREASED RESEARCH BETWEEN CHINA-INDIA and have a own space station only if the other neighbour allows lol .

i dont think dream of hacing south asian space station will come true, its costly and we all r busy fighting with ourselves.

WELL apparently india put its man way back in 1984.


^^Cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma - First Indian in Space

The manned space program of the Indian Space Research Organisation was undertaken with Russian help. The first Indian cosmonaut became the 138th man into space, he spent eight days in space aboard Salyut 7. Launched along with two other Soviet cosmonauts aboard the T-11 on 02 April 1984, was then-Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma, a 35 year old Indian Air Force pilot. During the flight, Squadron Leader Sharma conducted multi-spectral photography of northern India in anticipation of the construction of hydroelectric power stations in the Himalayas.

Squadron Leader Sharma and his backup, Wing Commander Ravish Malhotra, also prepared an elaborate series of zero-gravity Yoga exercises which the former had practised aboard the Salyut 7. Retired with the rank of Wing Commander, Rakesh Sharma joined Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as a test pilot. He was based at the Aircraft & Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in Bangalore and worked on the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft program. Current status - retired.

This is a good thing but its not feasible its like simple going to space and came down.. u gotta explore sending unmanned robots in moon/mars is farr more scientific.
do u know we will be dropping a machine on moon too?

 

[master_fx]

i dont no man, coz indians dont real look at china the way u look at it... on the other hand china is more likely to increase space co-operation with pakistan.

 

[gagaga]

exploring space wont bring any economic return, its purely for science, its purely government motivated,, developing countries better be wise not to invest too much in space exploration... they should have priority..

 

[Roybot]

You got to be kidding me! Its a 5 year old thread

 

[somebozo]

There is a difference between putting a man into space by forigen help..like Russia or NASA in the case of India or putting a man in space with 100% indigenous tech as in the case of China

 

[BordoEnes]

exploring space wont bring any economic return, its purely for science, its purely government motivated,, developing countries better be wise not to invest too much in space exploration... they should have priority..

Hahaha you have no idea what space exploring does to an countries economy , one word 'Resourches'.
If china has the capeability in finding Helium-3 in the Planets around us or perhaps from the sun then China would become the ultimate superpower as Helium is the most powerfull mather in the universe (Powerfull as in Energie)
(Saw it on national Geographic, Space Week)

 

[Chogy]

Old thread, but congrats to China for her expanding space program.

If china has the capeability in finding Helium-3 in the Planets around us

Valuable as fusion fuel? Someone has a functioning fusion reactor?

The USA is fortunate to be a primary helium exporter for many years, but new wells in Algeria and Canada are coming on line. Helium is interesting in that it has collected in the crust from radioactive mineral decay over billions of years... proving the earth is very old.

Sorry for the OT drift.

 

[J-20]

Hahaha you have no idea what space exploring does to an countries economy , one word 'Resourches'.
If china has the capeability in finding Helium-3 in the Planets around us or perhaps from the sun then China would become the ultimate superpower as Helium is the most powerfull mather in the universe (Powerfull as in Energie)
(Saw it on national Geographic, Space Week)

current rocket tech cant do the job, its not profitable, you should wait for USA roll out nuclear rocket or anti-matter rocket, then human (yankees) can do whatever they want in the solar system, you expect that come true 3 centuries later.

 

[china hyperpower]

You got to be kidding me! Its a 5 year old thread

5 years old and india still yet to put a man into space.

 

[BordoEnes]

Old thread, but congrats to China for her expanding space program.



Valuable as fusion fuel? Someone has a functioning fusion reactor?

The USA is fortunate to be a primary helium exporter for many years, but new wells in Algeria and Canada are coming on line. Helium is interesting in that it has collected in the crust from radioactive mineral decay over billions of years... proving the earth is very old.

Sorry for the OT drift.

Jesus !! What a stupid yank you are. Helium and Helium-3 are two different mather you ignorant moron!! Helium-3 is the mather that heats ours sun its the most powerfull mather in the universe ( In Energie) But its so rare that a single Gram kosts about 3000 Dollars. I can be found in some layes in the gas giants in our solar system.

 

[BordoEnes]

current rocket tech cant do the job, its not profitable, you should wait for USA roll out nuclear rocket or anti-matter rocket, then human (yankees) can do whatever they want in the solar system, you expect that come true 3 centuries later.

Not really, NASA is already devolping nuclear powered rockets to explore a moon called Europa with the change of finding ET. It will a couple decades though no doubt about that.

 

[applesauce]

Old thread, but congrats to China for her expanding space program.



Valuable as fusion fuel? Someone has a functioning fusion reactor?

The USA is fortunate to be a primary helium exporter for many years, but new wells in Algeria and Canada are coming on line. Helium is interesting in that it has collected in the crust from radioactive mineral decay over billions of years... proving the earth is very old.

Sorry for the OT drift.

i heard we were having a helium crunch

 

[oct605032048]

Actually I think sending a man into space is not such a big deal. Navigation systems and other unmanned satellites are more useful and thus more important.

 

[sarthak]

5 years old and india still yet to put a man into space.

40 years since the moon landing and china still yet to put a man on the moon,so stop comparing your primitive selves with Americans and Russians

 

[untitled]

40 years since the moon landing and china still yet to put a man on the moon,

Who is the most likely of these countrys to put a man on the moon now ?

so stop comparing your primitive selves with Americans ....

If only the Americans would stop comparing themselves with China