China in Space

[CivEmperor]

wat do u think about the recent chinese space flight and wat it means in the long run

will it fail or succed??

 

[Unregister]

umm...i think it means their space program is on the right track.

 

[CivEmperor]

well do u think that it will become a real advanced programe enuif to rival the U.S. or Russia

 

[Cilpot]

The more the merrier! Rivalry speeds up the process..

 

[Amenhotep7]

Exactly! This'll give the US Space Program a kick in the rear to get started with human exploration again! At least, I hope...

 

[CivEmperor]

This'll give the US Space Program a kick in the rear to get started with human exploration again!

ever scence the columbia disaster u havent herd anything about nasa and it would be real nice to c them start to do more again

 

[superslug]

Originally posted by CivEmperor
ever scence the columbia disaster u havent herd anything about nasa and it would be real nice to c them start to do more again

Well, it's not like they've been sitting around on their butts. If they really wanted/needed to, they could launch shuttles now, but the political climate demands they take some time for much needed introspection and reform before going back to manned flight.

In regards to unmanned flight, their operations in this department have slowed some, but certainly haven't stopped.

In regards to manned flight, we're still having NASA astronauts go up, we're just hiring the Russians as taxi drivers.

 

[CivEmperor]

In regards to unmanned flight, their operations in this department have slowed some, but certainly haven't stopped.

but they have slowed

 

[CivEmperor]

i mean one thing happens and they go crazy

 

[Norlamand]

Manned mission to Mars - next great leap that NASA should aim at.........but they now lack both vision and backbone......

 

[CivEmperor]

that would be real nice to c a manned flight to look for posible "water"