On Tue, October 11, 2005 8:05 pm, David Weinshenker wrote: > Jerry Durand wrote: >> >> On Tue, October 11, 2005 7:48 pm, Alex Fraser wrote: >> > I haven't been paying a lot of attention to the world the last couple >> of >> > weeks. Seems I heard somewhere that the Chinese have men in space. Is >> > this true? >> >> Yes, a five day mission. > > When did that launch? This is new... > > -dave w > >
Jiayuguan, China A rocket carrying the Shenzhou 6 capsule and two astronauts blasted off Wednesday from the remote base in China's northwest. In a break with the space agency's typical secrecy, the launch was shown live on Chinese state television. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051011.wchinspac1011/BNStory/International/ _______________________________________________ ERPS-list mailing list [email protected] http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list
