# ne Month And Counting Until Manned Chinese Space Launch. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ne-month-and-counting-until-manned-chinese-space-launch/202116 "2003-09-17T12:38:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ne-month-and-counting-until-manned-chinese-space-launch/202116/1 "2003-09-17T12:38:40Z")
[LINK](http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994169) China readies it’s spacecraft, & keeps the identities of its astronauts a secret. Other sources claim they won’t launch until the end of the year, but my money’s on _New Scientist_. A third power goes to space, & Japan not far behind. Hopes? Fears? Comments? And, who will be the bext nation to land on the Moon? ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ne-month-and-counting-until-manned-chinese-space-launch/202116/2 "2003-09-17T13:52:23Z")
COMMIEEEESSSS…INNNNNN…SPAAAAAAAACCCCCEEEEE!!! Cool!! Now they’re gonna invade the space station an’ shoot at it with lasers an’ hold it for ONE BILLYON DOLLARS! ransom an’ land on the moon an’ rename it PLANET MAO an’ populate it with Ninja moon wimmen an’ we’ll have to invade it with our really secret COLONIAL MARINE SPACE TROOPS… Cool!! ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ne-month-and-counting-until-manned-chinese-space-launch/202116/3 "2003-09-17T14:09:36Z")
Well, I know the big news is [China’s Great Leap Into Space](http://www.msnbc.com/news/967441.asp?0dm=C249T) or whatever they’re calling it, but I’m personally cheering for [Burt Rutan and Space Ship One](http://www.msnbc.com/news/965918.asp) to beat them!!! And even if Burt doesn’t beat them he shouldn’t be too far behind. Go Burt Go!! ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ne-month-and-counting-until-manned-chinese-space-launch/202116/4 "2003-09-17T14:45:16Z")
shrug. To launch people into space on 40 year old technology is not really threatening or remarkable in my books. I’m impressed China has managed to put all this together but it doesn’t really rank up there in achievements. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ne-month-and-counting-until-manned-chinese-space-launch/202116/5 "2003-09-17T18:03:17Z")
I mis-read the title as “Manned Chinese Space _Lunch_.” I was picturing the Chinese sending up dim sum and General Tso’s to the International Space Station astronauts. Actually, I’ve been wondering what’s keeping them and the Japanese from sending people up. I guess in the case of the Chinese, it’s feeding all those people. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_B.Phart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ne-month-and-counting-until-manned-chinese-space-launch/202116/6 "2003-09-17T18:54:00Z")
Mmmmmmmn… Ninja moon wimmen… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ne-month-and-counting-until-manned-chinese-space-launch/202116/7 "2003-09-17T22:05:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by av8rmike \* > **I mis-read the title as "Manned Chinese Space _Lunch_."** Is Bob Denver on the crew? I wondered what happened to him.