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China’s Manned Rocket
hal_9000
post Oct 11 2005, 03:47 PM
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BOULDER, Colorado -- A commercial remote sensing spacecraft has caught Chinese space workers readying their second piloted space mission.

The Ikonos satellite, operated by Space Imaging of Thornton, Colorado, took images of China’s human spaceflight launch complex on October 3 and October 9, with a shadow covering much of the rocket between two structures. The very tip of the rocket can be seen emerging from the shadow.....

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/05101...unchcenter.html
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post Oct 13 2005, 04:19 PM
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Shenzhou-6 has deviated from preset orbit: Xinhua. I am afraid that it would be an indication of some problem. Visit here http://www.spacedaily.com/2005/051013143806.c7cngeqv.html

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post Oct 14 2005, 12:25 AM
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QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Oct 14 2005, 02:19 AM)
Shenzhou-6 has deviated from preset orbit: Xinhua. I am afraid that it would be an indication of some problem. Visit here http://www.spacedaily.com/2005/051013143806.c7cngeqv.html

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Unusually bad BBC article about this.

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"is in a low enough orbit to be affected by the Earth's gravitational pull."

"China hopes to set up a space station within five years and eventually it wants to put an astronaut on the moon."

Is their usual reporter on holiday or something! Very poor. mad.gif

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post Oct 14 2005, 05:18 AM
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QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Oct 14 2005, 12:25 AM)
Unusually bad BBC article about this...
Is their usual reporter on holiday or something! Very poor.  mad.gif
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As much as I respect and love the BBC for first class news, especially on a global level, they have NEVER been very good at reporting on spaceflight - especially human spaceflight. They would be the last source that I would use for information regarding the subject. NASAWatch.com frequently picks BBC reporting apart for it's shoddiness and Op/Eds based on incorrect or out of context information. They seem to have no one who really understands the subject matter, or places things within the subject matter in the proper context.

I don't know if this is just a reflection of the UK's government's long standing policy regarding spaceflight , particularily human spaceflight - or if they they just don't care if they get it right.
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- hal_9000   China’s Manned Rocket   Oct 11 2005, 03:47 PM
- - Myran   Shenzhou 6 about to be launched later today wednes...   Oct 12 2005, 01:01 AM
|- - infocat13   QUOTE (Myran @ Oct 11 2005, 08:01 PM)Shenzhou...   Oct 12 2005, 01:43 AM
|- - dilo   any video link???   Oct 12 2005, 02:13 AM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (dilo @ Oct 11 2005, 09:13 PM)any video...   Oct 12 2005, 02:48 AM
- - hal_9000   I don't know...... but I don't belive a lo...   Oct 12 2005, 02:57 AM
- - deglr6328   CCTV4 has live coverage. I hope you're fond o...   Oct 12 2005, 03:10 AM
- - RNeuhaus   Folks, what surprise is now! Now Shensdou-...   Oct 12 2005, 03:25 AM
- - djellison   Yup - they did live video feeds of the launch - an...   Oct 12 2005, 07:08 AM
|- - hal_9000   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 12 2005, 04:08 AM)Yup ...   Oct 12 2005, 12:54 PM
- - deglr6328   but all that brown smoggy exhaust must be just loa...   Oct 12 2005, 08:28 AM
- - djellison   That brief burst of brown/red exhaust is something...   Oct 12 2005, 09:13 AM
|- - GregM   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 12 2005, 09:13 AM)That...   Oct 14 2005, 04:54 AM
|- - mchan   QUOTE (GregM @ Oct 13 2005, 09:54 PM)many hav...   Oct 14 2005, 05:45 AM
||- - GregM   QUOTE (mchan @ Oct 14 2005, 05:45 AM)Good syn...   Oct 14 2005, 06:18 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (GregM @ Oct 13 2005, 11:54 PM)One down...   Oct 14 2005, 06:57 AM
- - djellison   They're not solid motors - the whole vehicle i...   Oct 12 2005, 01:56 PM
|- - hal_9000   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 12 2005, 10:56 AM)They...   Oct 12 2005, 03:37 PM
- - dvandorn   Yep -- those are basically the same fuel and oxidi...   Oct 12 2005, 02:18 PM
- - yaohua2000   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 12 2005, 01:56 PM)They...   Oct 12 2005, 04:28 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (yaohua2000 @ Oct 12 2005, 04:28 PM)Hel...   Oct 12 2005, 04:36 PM
- - deglr6328   What a weird orbit. Is that for real? It looks alm...   Oct 12 2005, 05:19 PM
|- - hal_9000   QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Oct 12 2005, 02:19 PM)What...   Oct 12 2005, 06:00 PM
|- - yaohua2000   QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Oct 12 2005, 05:19 PM)What...   Oct 12 2005, 06:05 PM
- - RNeuhaus   The chinese astronauts is having 16 sunset-sunrise...   Oct 12 2005, 06:56 PM
- - RNeuhaus   Shenzhou-6 has deviated from preset orbit: Xinhua....   Oct 13 2005, 04:19 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Oct 14 2005, 02:19 AM)Shenz...   Oct 14 2005, 12:25 AM
|- - GregM   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Oct 14 2005, 12:25 AM)Un...   Oct 14 2005, 05:18 AM
- - RNeuhaus   China’s Shenzhou 6 spacecraft fired its thrusters ...   Oct 14 2005, 07:27 PM
- - Ames   James and RNeuhaus Interesting article Here about...   Oct 14 2005, 11:37 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (Ames @ Oct 15 2005, 09:37 AM)James and...   Oct 16 2005, 10:57 PM
|- - hal_9000   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Oct 16 2005, 07:57 PM)I ...   Oct 17 2005, 12:26 AM
- - Myran   Landing is set for monday despite some speculation...   Oct 16 2005, 03:14 PM
- - hal_9000   Shenzhou lands.... http://news.xinhuanet.com/engl...   Oct 16 2005, 08:53 PM
- - RNeuhaus   An enclosed from the spaceflightnow.com http://www...   Oct 17 2005, 04:27 PM
|- - ljk4-1   QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Oct 17 2005, 11:27 AM)An en...   Oct 17 2005, 06:56 PM
- - RNeuhaus   The Project's Shenzhou costed US$111m ...   Oct 18 2005, 01:51 PM
|- - ljk4-1   DRAGON SPACE - Spacewalk From Shenzhou http://ww...   Feb 16 2006, 03:29 PM
|- - ljk4-1   DRAGON SPACE - China Might Be Planning Early Spac...   Feb 23 2006, 03:01 PM
- - ljk4-1   DRAGON SPACE - China's Big Station Plan http...   Mar 22 2006, 03:52 PM
- - GravityWaves   I've seen reports and heard some talk about an...   Mar 25 2006, 05:49 PM
|- - ljk4-1   DRAGON SPACE - Fly Me To A Red Moon http://www.s...   Mar 28 2006, 04:59 PM
- - ljk4-1   March 31, 2006 U.S. losing space race, congressm...   Mar 31 2006, 06:44 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Mar 31 2006, 07:44 P...   Mar 31 2006, 11:03 PM
|- - GravityWaves   Chinese have some huge advantages on their side, t...   Apr 2 2006, 03:43 PM
|- - helvick   All the above is true but the single biggest advan...   Apr 2 2006, 08:17 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   The point is that the US was launching Gemini miss...   Apr 2 2006, 08:19 PM
|- - helvick   I'm fully in agreement with you on all of this...   Apr 2 2006, 09:11 PM
|- - GravityWaves   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 2 2006, 05:19 PM...   Apr 3 2006, 01:03 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (GravityWaves @ Apr 3 2006, 02:03 A...   Apr 3 2006, 01:41 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   More to the point, even O'Neill agreed that as...   Apr 2 2006, 11:41 PM
- - ilbasso   Would the Chinese be motivated to do something spe...   Apr 3 2006, 12:46 PM
|- - ljk4-1   Perhaps we should stop focusing on such old Cold W...   Apr 3 2006, 12:59 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   Of course they have access to our overall technolo...   Apr 3 2006, 01:34 PM
|- - GravityWaves   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 3 2006, 10:34 AM...   Apr 3 2006, 05:11 PM
||- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (GravityWaves @ Apr 3 2006, 06:11 P...   Apr 3 2006, 05:20 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Apr 3 2006, 01:34 PM...   Apr 3 2006, 06:15 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   The GDP per capita is highly relevant, even given ...   Apr 5 2006, 03:24 AM
- - RNeuhaus   Anyway, China needs lots of cooperation from NASA ...   Apr 6 2006, 02:21 AM
- - RNeuhaus   Yes it is only by now but by the toward, it will l...   Apr 6 2006, 10:03 PM
- - ljk4-1   DRAGON SPACE - China To Launch Shenzhou-7 In 2008...   Apr 11 2006, 01:25 PM
- - ljk4-1   DRAGON SPACE - Orbiting Chinese Space Capsule Ret...   Apr 17 2006, 06:27 PM
- - ljk4-1   I am wondering why they don't just wait until ...   Apr 27 2006, 01:50 PM

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