China:Space

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 8:44 am

Intresting/Silly/Stupid/Twist on a current news story, that I thought some might get a kick out of:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/09/3 ... index.html

But wait... The news story didn't say what he would be... A "Chinaut" perhaps (Please no one take offence)?

fuuucckkers · Post by **fuuucckkers** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 11:54 am

PhaseDMA wrote:But wait... The news story didn't say what he would be... A "Chinaut" perhaps (Please no one take offence)?

How about a Chinese Astronaut??

I think it's cool though. We need more nations going into space.. makes more for competition to get things done faster, etc.

Also, I read on Slashdot about a week ago, France(I think) is also working on a space program, they're set to launch for their first time early next year I believe.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 12:13 pm

Um.. Astronauts are American. Cosmonauts Russian. I guess that China could be Cosmonauts too... But serious the Chinnese could be Chinauts or something along those lines...

fuuucckkers · Post by **fuuucckkers** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 4:39 pm

Dictionary.com wrote: a person trained to travel in a spacecraft

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Tue Sep 30, 2003 5:02 pm

Something tells me that China isn't going to use something to label their spacemen that only the United States currently uses.

harra · Post by **harra** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 12:46 pm

According to an article in today's USA Today the term is going to be: taikonaut

Source:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003 ... ight_x.htm

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Thu Oct 02, 2003 3:21 pm

DAMN COLLEGE NETWORK!

I did post that before you did...

- Taikonaugt

I knew it too when it threw up a page could not be displayed but hoped for the best

(God a network that is supposed to be at around 3 MBs at around less then 1 KB

).

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 12:19 pm

The shuttle should launch with in the next 3 days, and is set for tomorrow (They have given them selfs from the 15 though the 17 to launch).

In related news -

The "secret launch pad" is not where everyone thought it was (Go figure)

They have scrapped having (offical anyways) TV feeds of the launch

The menu has been revealed (most importent part of course

)

Master Jedi · Post by **Master Jedi** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 1:34 pm

"Taikonaugt"

....how about commun-aught

fuuucckkers · Post by **fuuucckkers** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:28 am

Seems the chinese astronaught made it back safely.

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-03zo.html

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:25 am

CNN says that this may cause a "space race"... I'm trying to figure out what they are going to race to...

The moon... Sorry already done..

Launch a space station? Sorry...

Make a outpost on the moon (as suggested by China)? Don't think the US would be very happy... After all they were the first ones on it, as to me that says they can claim it... Even if China says the US would have to go back to offically claim it, I'm sure the US could pull off that stunt in no more then 10 days (And not kill the poor guys trying to land)... You don't really think the US just throws out their old landing pods do you? Better yet you don't really think the US doesn't have landing pods for Mars (The United States isn't one to do something quickly when they have plenty of time)...

China needs to take a quick glance and realize the only way their going to become the "new space power" is if the United States steps to the side...

They also need to admit that they knew the US knew about this a long time before either nation would admit (China comes off to me more of a nation that would like to all out stun the World... (In BREAKING NEWS China has just launched a shuttle into space with someone on board...)).

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