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Post by cheesecake on Oct 17, 2005 13:48:31 GMT 1
China's Shenzhou VI spacecraft has safely returned to Earth, after five days in orbit.  The craft, carrying two astronauts, landed at 0432 on Monday (2032 GMT on Sunday) in the remote grasslands of Inner Mongolia. It is the second manned spaceflight for China - only the third country to successfully put a man into space. China first sent up a manned mission in 2003, following the United States and Russia into space. The capsule is reported to have landed by parachute only 1km (0.6 miles) from its target. The two astronauts enjoyed noodles, tea and chocolate before being taken by helicopter to a nearby military air base. "I can feel that lots of people are thinking about us," Nie Haisheng told a TV reporter. "We're very grateful for all the love and concern from our motherland and its people." The astronauts, who have already undergone a health check, said they were feeling well. Gravitational pull Astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng began their journey on Wednesday. Xinhua said on Sunday that their mission had "accomplished the planned experiments and accumulated valuable technical data" for China's manned space programme.  "We feel good, our work is going smoothly and our life is happy," Mr Fei was quoted as saying as the craft prepared for re-entry. "We're grateful for the deep love and concern by all Chinese people, the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots," said the second astronaut. Before landing, Shenzhou VI deviated from its planned trajectory because of Earth's gravitational pull. The adjustment, which was carried out by firing the craft's thrusters, altered the spacecraft's altitude by 800m (2,625ft), the People's Daily newspaper said. Space experts say such adjustments are routine. The current mission comes almost exactly two years after China's first manned spaceflight. Beijing has attached great importance to its space programme, viewing it as a source of national pride and international prestige. China hopes to set up a space station within five years and eventually it wants to put an astronaut on the Moon.  1. Forward orbital module - crew live and work in this section, which contains scientific equipment. In future missions, this module may remain in space as part of a Chinese space station 2. Re-entry capsule - contains seats for three crew 3. Propulsion module - contains spacecraft's power unit and liquid fuel rocket system 4. Solar panels - spacecraft carries two sets with a total area of 40 sq m, which generate an average 1.5kW of power
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Post by ScArFaCe on Oct 17, 2005 13:59:03 GMT 1
congrats at the china...bla bla!keep on travelling in the space!
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 17, 2005 13:59:33 GMT 1
congrats at the china...bla bla!keep on travelling in the space! lol ;D how far you think they'll go scar? |
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Post by ScArFaCe on Oct 17, 2005 14:42:25 GMT 1
dunno maybe theyll will find new universes than we can make an Enemy territory-planet where all human-beings play et!
MUAHAHA!
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 17, 2005 14:43:39 GMT 1
dunno maybe theyll will find new universes than we can make an Enemy territory-planet where all human-beings play et! MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! lol ;D what an imagination ! |
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Post by ScArFaCe on Oct 17, 2005 15:13:04 GMT 1
oh you must hear gwk when his imagination goes outta control^^
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 17, 2005 16:29:38 GMT 1
oh you must hear gwk when his imagination goes outta control^^ hehe okies, well back to topic  |
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Post by ScArFaCe on Oct 17, 2005 19:37:27 GMT 1
yes these chinese astronauts kick ass^^(that was soething for topic xD)
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 17, 2005 19:40:57 GMT 1
yes these chinese astronauts kick ass^^(that was soething for topic xD) lol ;D okies, how do they kick ass? why they better than other space men ?! ;D |
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Post by SilentVoice on Oct 18, 2005 0:21:02 GMT 1
What if Scar was president ....  |
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 18, 2005 0:46:23 GMT 1
What if Scar was president .... Don't even joke about that ! |
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Post by germanwunderkind on Oct 18, 2005 18:32:35 GMT 1
oh you must hear gwk when his imagination goes outta control^^ first europe than afrika then the whole world and the chinese universe mwhahaha |
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Post by ScArFaCe on Oct 19, 2005 16:30:41 GMT 1
you see cheesy....gwk's imagination....
and silent:dont worry im stupid but im clever enough to know that im too stupid for president^^
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 19, 2005 18:34:38 GMT 1
you see cheesy....gwk's imagination.... and silent:dont worry im stupid but im clever enough to know that im too stupid for president^^ I see a load of gobbly de gook! |
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Post by Zecristo on Oct 21, 2005 15:12:42 GMT 1
Remarkable as this chinese feat may be, there is, I think, something negative on the whole story.
Being that the chinese are apparently repeating by themselves what has already been done instead of joining the international effort for a concerted Earth Space Program (ESP, nice initials) revolving around the International Space Station as a stepstone to return to the Moon, with the possibility of setting a permanent base there (reminiscent of Space 1999 TV series Moonbase Alpha) and subsequently reach for a manned mission to Mars and beyond... asteroid belt mineral resources, gas giants' moons, Kuiper belt and Oort Cloud objects and other stars and other galaxies and... whatever is next...
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 21, 2005 19:28:45 GMT 1
Remarkable as this chinese feat may be, there is, I think, something negative on the whole story. Being that the chinese are apparently repeating by themselves what has already been done instead of joining the international effort for a concerted Earth Space Program (ESP, nice initials) revolving around the International Space Station as a stepstone to return to the Moon, with the possibility of setting a permanent base there (reminiscent of Space 1999 TV series Moonbase Alpha) and subsequently reach for a manned mission to Mars and beyond... asteroid belt mineral resources, gas giants' moons, Kuiper belt and Oort Cloud objects and other stars and other galaxies and... whatever is next... I like the mystery of space, i mean anything can be out there, earth and/or our galaxy could be a single celled organism in another universe! I think the Chinese have not joined the ESP, because they will probably want to claim what they do, if they find anything. |
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Post by Zecristo on Oct 27, 2005 11:19:00 GMT 1
Hey!
As far as I know there is no official Earth Space Program.
The idea has sprung out of my own thought...
But the International Space Station project is (can be) in a way, with it's 16 country (if I'm not mistaken about the number) team, an embryonic form of a concerted planetary space effort.
Don't know if that is definitely "good" though.
It seems, in a certain way, ironical that the great battle of the high finance lords to turn all spheres of human activity into just a great all out competition apparently brought about some cooperative measures on the field of space exploration.
But seen from another angle it is just that competition is just for the Joe Doe (the ordinary everyday common people), not for the high finance lords that control the space industry.
They cooperate and thrive while the Joe Does compete and wither...
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Post by cheesecake on Nov 4, 2005 17:05:02 GMT 1
Hey! As far as I know there is no official Earth Space Program. The idea has sprung out of my own thought... But the International Space Station project is (can be) in a way, with it's 16 country (if I'm not mistaken about the number) team, an embryonic form of a concerted planetary space effort. Don't know if that is definitely "good" though. It seems, in a certain way, ironical that the great battle of the high finance lords to turn all spheres of human activity into just a great all out competition apparently brought about some cooperative measures on the field of space exploration. But seen from another angle it is just that competition is just for the Joe Doe (the ordinary everyday common people), not for the high finance lords that control the space industry. They cooperate and thrive while the Joe Does compete and wither... It's a very good idea  Well, the 16 countries will most likely do what they can to "claim some space" ....all the countries want to say "oh yes we found that..." the competition is a sense of pride, but it's really very silly... If we all worked together, as a species, then we could discover so much more. But that will never happen. |
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Post by Zecristo on Nov 8, 2005 17:33:41 GMT 1
Hey! As far as I know there is no official Earth Space Program. The idea has sprung out of my own thought... But the International Space Station project is (can be) in a way, with it's 16 country (if I'm not mistaken about the number) team, an embryonic form of a concerted planetary space effort. Don't know if that is definitely "good" though. It seems, in a certain way, ironical that the great battle of the high finance lords to turn all spheres of human activity into just a great all out competition apparently brought about some cooperative measures on the field of space exploration. But seen from another angle it is just that competition is just for the Joe Doe (the ordinary everyday common people), not for the high finance lords that control the space industry. They cooperate and thrive while the Joe Does compete and wither... It's a very good idea Well, the 16 countries will most likely do what they can to "claim some space" ....all the countries want to say "oh yes we found that..." the competition is a sense of pride, but it's really very silly... If we all worked together, as a species, then we could discover so much more. But that will never happen. Human nature. The potential to co operate is all there. But the drive to compete is also all there. Co existence of those two is a very troublesome issue; it always was. But to accept that it always will be like that is to accept that mankind will never really break any ties to it's animal bases and that, after all, there isn't any (human) intelligence at all. |
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