http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1672000/1672032.stm
China eyes the Moon
China says it will launch a manned flight into space before 2005 to be followed by a mission to the moon.
China has twice launched space capsules since it began work towards a manned space flight programme two years ago. The last spacecraft, launched in January, carried a monkey, a dog, a rabbit and some snails into orbit.
The China Daily newspaper quoted Mr Liang as saying: “For mankind in the 21st Century, space application will become as essential as electricity and oil in the 19th Century.”
I think is great news, space exploration needs an injection of new blood in it’s veins. A determined nation of over a billion can do wonders when it puts it’s mind to it…who knows this way we may get a Pakistani on the moon through exchange programmes with the Chinese.
Big thumbs up from me…just hope they sort those Long March rockets out.
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[This message has been edited by Thap (edited November 23, 2001).]