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2004-05-18 China-Japan-Koreas

China shelves plan for astronauts on moon

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Posted by Zenster 2004-05-18 12:50:08 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Put a restaurant up there and offer free delivery. They'd make money.

Posted by tu3031 2004-05-18 1:20:35 PM|| 2004-05-18 1:20:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I never had confidence they'd get to the moon according to their aggressive schedule. I was hoping there would be a race though, something to spur another space race. Generate interest.

Depending upon the design this could be a much wiser step to getting to the moon. A space station was the first step Von Braun expected. Still, the more likely course is Mir 2.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-05-18 1:27:08 PM|| 2004-05-18 1:27:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Is this the same country that just now put a
man in orbit with a paid for Soviet Design which was really a GE design but I degress.

Posted by Shipman 2004-05-18 6:43:51 PM|| 2004-05-18 6:43:51 PM|| Front Page Top

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