Its a race!

Sport — 11/5/2005 4:34:54 AM (archived)

Looks like we have a NEW moon race!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/11/04/china.moon.reut/index.html
China eyes 2017 moon landing

Friday, November 4, 2005; Posted: 10:12 a.m. EST (15:12 GMT)

BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- China, which launched its first manned space mission just two years ago, plans to put a man on the moon around 2017 and investigate what may be the perfect source of fuel, a newspaper reported on Friday.

Two Chinese astronauts orbited Earth for five days last month in the Shenzhou VI and China was now developing new craft up to the Shenzhou X, eyeing a permanent space station and an eventual moon mission, state media said this week.

"China will make a manned moon landing at a proper time, around 2017," leading scientist Ouyang Ziyuan was quoted by the Southern Metropolis News as saying.

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Its a race! - Sport - 11/5/2005 4:34:54 AM
- re: Its a race! - but is it??? - Marcus Massey - 11/7/2005 1:43:11 PM
- At this point, Helium 3 is a pantload. - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2005 7:21:12 AM
  - I once used 5 litres of He3 in an experiment I was doing... - R.L.\ - 11/8/2005 6:28:02 PM
  - re: At this point, Helium 3 is a pantload. - Chris Vancil - 11/6/2005 9:50:08 AM
    - Fusing He3 - Adam - 11/6/2005 9:17:55 PM
- Is that good or bad? - McFly - 11/5/2005 6:18:38 PM
  - re: Is that good or bad? - Jacob Samorodin - 11/5/2005 8:14:05 PM
    - But fusion power is only 10 years away. - Lee - 11/6/2005 2:54:21 AM
    - Competition vs cooperation - McFly - 11/6/2005 12:40:02 AM
      - Competition is a good thing - Buck Galaxy - 11/7/2005 9:21:55 AM
        
        No! Competition is a bad thing - Nemo - 11/7/2005 5:23:59 PM
        
        Hmmm...that's quite the finding, Nemo - McFly - 11/7/2005 6:44:46 PM
        
        Um, that's what I said (same as your post, not the title of your post). (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 11/7/2005 5:50:49 PM

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