# Woot!!! Congrats to China!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woot-congrats-to-china/207515>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 15, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woot-congrats-to-china/207515 "2003-10-15T05:34:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woot-congrats-to-china/207515/1 "2003-10-15T05:34:11Z")

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[They did it!](http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/14/china.launch/index.html)

All I can say is: right on!🆒

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woot-congrats-to-china/207515/2 "2003-10-15T05:47:36Z")

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Oops… [already done.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=217380)

I did look! I did! **sigh**

Mods? An assist please?😉

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woot-congrats-to-china/207515/3 "2003-10-15T05:48:21Z")

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I might be out of the times, but is China now the 3rd country to venture into space? First 2 being Russia and USA?

But yes, good for them.

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**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woot-congrats-to-china/207515/4 "2003-10-15T05:50:00Z")

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Maaaaaaan, i should have read the article first. Answer to my question: yes.