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#51 2004-03-04 00:54:00
- Rxke
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Re: china - manned spaceflight
Yup, they officially started the project this week... Beginning with a simple probe...
And another thumbs-up: it is being said their second manned launch will be a week-long mission, with a duo of taikonauts... Hope evereything works out fine, i think it will, their system is a great design!
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#52 2004-04-30 12:41:11
- JammerG55
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Re: china - manned spaceflight
Blast those ruddy chinese. 
The sky is the limit...unless you live in a cave
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#53 2004-05-03 06:40:17
- bolbuyk
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Re: china - manned spaceflight
In october I had the idea they would send their taikonauts with a higher frequency above. Why in this rathr slow rate? Has anybody an idea?
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#54 2004-05-03 07:37:18
- Rxke
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Re: china - manned spaceflight
They supposedly are in no hurry. Chinese tend to 'think in the longer view' instead of shortish programs. It's partly due to their political structure: one "strong Man" for many years who plots the overall course, instead of (for instance) elections every four years, with the new leader possibly scrapping plans his predecessor initiated (like the 'political' scrapping of X-33 (or four or whatever) and the habitation capsule for ISS)
You can be sure the Chinese engineers are not sitting on their hands, they probably are taking apart the flown hardware, piece by little piece, trying to learn as much as they can, like damage to the heatshield, etc...
Then there is probaly te money and infrastructure: very well possible that today they simply can't build their stuff any faster, or do not (yet) have the budget allocated to do it...
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#55 2004-05-17 23:39:17
- Euler
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Re: china - manned spaceflight
The Chinese are now saying that they will build a space station within 15 years.
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#56 2005-07-14 13:22:15
- Yang Liwei Rocket
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Re: china - manned spaceflight
Yup, they officially started the project this week... Beginning with a simple probe...
And another thumbs-up: it is being said their second manned launch will be a week-long mission, with a duo of taikonauts... Hope evereything works out fine, i think it will, their system is a great design!
Here's more on the next plan
http://news.tom.com/img/assets/200403/l … 032904.jpg
http://www.newmars.com/forums/viewtopic … ...29;t=46
http://www.ben.com.cn/WLZB/20040326/GB/ … JND-02.htm
http://img1.qq.com/news/20040404/215283 … 215283.jpg
When China launches its Shenzhou VI spaceship, it will most likely carry two astronauts. Shenzhou VI due to blast off in autumn 2005 the second manned space mission is almost ready.When asked about new partners for the ISS, specifically China, O’Keefe said that is “an attractive and appealing possibility.” China’s burgeoning space program, including future human spaceflight, is a demonstration of that country’s “national prowess and capacity,” former NASA top-dog O’Keefe said. China Works out a Robot Series for Lunar Exploration, The robot series are an array of independently-controlled, concurrent and reconfigurable secondary robots, each consisting ofan arm for carrying objects, collecting samples, surveying and mapping, and a triangular wheel for independent walking and skipping obstacles, said a spokesman for the Automation Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). China plans base on the moon to exploit mineral resources.
The institute, based in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, is the independent developer of the robots which have passed the appraisal test by the Chinese government.These secondary robots are like wheels of the moon rover, whichis also made up of a primary robot, the bodywork of the vehicle, said the CAS spokesman said. Chang'e I, China's moon probing project is proceeding in full swing in a well-organized way. China's first moon probing is planned to be launched. Drawing "pictures" of the moon and obtaining three-dimensional images of the lunar surface. Dividing the basic landforms and structures of the lunar surface and initially making outline graphs of lunar geology and structures, so as to provide reference and bases for later soft landing. The flight of the Chang'e 1 lading. The flight of the Chang'e 1 around the moon will not only completely cover the entire moon, but also include parts of areas in the north and south poles, which have never been involved. Four scientific goals have been set for the first stage of the program, Chang'e I moon orbiting project. This was disclosed recently by Ou'yang Ziyuan, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and China's chief scientist on moon probes. China have plans for Luna-Glob a joint project with Russian and Chinese Space Agencies where super speed penetrators and sample return from the Moon. Double Star is a space mission sponsored by the European Space Agency and the China National Space Administration. It is the first space mission launched by China to investigate Earth's magnetosphere. The Double Star mission uses two satellites in Earth orbit - each designed, developed, launched, and operated by the China National Space Administration (CNSA), the orbital configuration will enable scientists to obtain simultaneous data on the changing magnetic field and population of electrified particles in different regions of the magnetosphere. The duo were launched from two different launch sites in China in December 2003 and July 2004. This schedule enabled them to operate alongside ESA's Cluster mission - a mini flotilla of four identical spacecraft launched into elliptical orbits around the Earth. Chinese scientists say they have worked out a group of secondary robots which resemble wheels of a vehicle to carry out exploration missions on the moon. Wang Liheng, director of Science and Technology Commission under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CAST), and former deputy chief commander of China"es manned space program, said Shenzhou-5, the first manned spacecraft, had the designed capacity to carry three astronauts and circle the Earth for three or as much as seven days, it was reported that Shenzhou-7 included plans to send China's first female astronaut into orbit. The number of astronauts to be sent into space on the second manned flight would be decided only after experts completed analysis, China will launch its second manned space mission, the "Shenzhou VI" Chinese space officials earlier announced
'first steps are not for cheap, think about it...
did China build a great Wall in a day ?' ( Y L R newmars forum member )
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