[m a d r a]

Originally posted by hayesk:
Is that in number of missions or who was there first? If it was who was there first, 1 and 2 are in the wrong order.

hmmm... depends on your definition of 'race' i s'pose. i was seeing it as an ongoing thing; more of a marathon than a sprint. i know the soviets were the first to throw a man [or dog - let's not forget comrade laika] up there, but the US did a lot more with their manned missions. if the chinese get a man on mars first, i reckon that rockets them [excuse the pun] into first place.

of course if it's a sprint, then whoever does <whatever> first wins.

next poll: is the space race a marathon or a sprint?

[Face Ache]

Originally posted by Luca Rescigno:
China now has the ability to send people into space, and the US must acknowledge that.

They have.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/...917535115.html

They're talking about SPACE WARS!

Yay! USA #1!

[catsank]

Originally posted by Face Ache:
They have.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/...917535115.html

They're talking about SPACE WARS!

Yay! USA #1!

Space programs are a byproduct of military
missile programs and spy satellite technology
development.

Does anyone remember the bush administrations
all-out hard ball foreign policy ?

China considers Taiwan to be a breakaway
province and is always ready to invade.

Does anyone remember north korea ?

Does anyone remember the china
of tiananmen square ?

Literally close to a billion impoverished citizens
and the government has a multi-billion dollar
space program for a PR stunt ?

This is not a benign news item.

But if you feel it is -
A fun question for you : could you see the great
wall of china if you were standing on the
moon ?

It could all end in tears...

[dar77777]

Originally posted by catsank:
Literally close to a billion impoverished citizens
and the government has a multi-billion dollar
space program for a PR stunt ?

You guys are pretty ignorant. The average citizen in China is not "impoverished" at all.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/ch.html

In 2002, with its 1.3 billion people but a GDP of just $4,400 per capita, China stood as the second-largest economy in the world after the US

GDP: purchasing power parity - $5.7 trillion (2002 est.)

Budget: expenditures: $267.1 billion

A couple billion is just 0.02% of their annual expenditures.

[Uday's Carcass]

China puts a man in space!

Better late than never. hah!

I'll tune in if they manage to put a crew on the moon and get them back alive.

[Spliffdaddy]

..using 1960's technology.

[Uday's Carcass]

Originally posted by Spliffdaddy:
..using 1960's technology.

...probably stolen from 1990's-era Clinton.

[Sealobo]

Originally posted by Uday's Carcass:
...probably stolen from 1990's-era Clinton.

For sure... remember some dumb US pilot got his o-so-high-tech plane grounded in southern China? I guess they leaked everything from there...

[catsank]

Originally posted by dar77777:
You guys are pretty ignorant. The average citizen in China is not "impoverished" at all.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/ch.html

In 2002, with its 1.3 billion people but a GDP of just $4,400 per capita, China stood as the second-largest economy in the world after the US

GDP: purchasing power parity - $5.7 trillion (2002 est.)

Budget: expenditures: $267.1 billion

A couple billion is just 0.02% of their annual expenditures.

I was trying to say it is not just
a PR stunt. That even more money
is being channeled into an expanding
military space program - how much
no one knows and could run into trillions.
Soviet union and USA did exactly
the same thing.

But + fascinating = figures ;)

[Uday's Carcass]

Originally posted by sealobo:
For sure... remember some dumb US pilot got his o-so-high-tech plane grounded in southern China? I guess they leaked everything from there...

that wasn't space technology. but yeah--the commies probably made out real well on that fiasco.