Chinese Space Launch

[jalu]

So, the Chinese are now the third country to launch a man into space.

The mission, according to Yahoo, has been 11 years in the making. It's estimated to have cost China $1 billion, nothing to sneeze at when your average Chinaman earns $700 a year.

The astronaut, Yang Liwei, has been training for five years.

So much time, effort and a very large amount of money...why did they only send him up for 21 hours then? :-)

Y'would have thought for that amount of money they would have kept him up there a bit longer....

Jalu

[Michael]

Maybe he was hungry.

Whenever I eat Chinese food here, I'm hungry again within a couple of hours.

[Sid]

Originally posted by jalu
So much time, effort and a very large amount of money...why did they only send him up for 21 hours then? :-)

It might just be a case of "look at us, this is what we are capable of".

Certainly an interesting development though. Does this mean the that US Space Program will be given more priority?

[jinkhang]

hey michael,

it depends on wat kinda chinese food you eat... if it's noodles, definitely within a few hours u will be hungry... won't be like dat if it's rice :) hehe just some tots from a chinese all the way in malaysia hahaha

only 21 hours... yeah... shoulda been longer

[Harry Lime]

Originally posted by Sid
Does this mean the that US Space Program will be given more priority?

Don't know about that but I'm guessing Japan will be spending a little more.

There's been a lot of talk about this proving China is now a major world player, but I think what it really shows is what a third world country can achieve when it takes responsibility for it's own destiny and of course it's population growth!