Three Chinese men are now orbiting the Earth

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Bob Juch · #1 Post by **Bob Juch** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:30 am

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/08 ... -wrap.html

Rexer25 · #2 Post by **Rexer25** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:32 am

Bob Juch wrote:http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/08 ... -wrap.html

Some people will do anything to try to outdo the Olympics.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #3 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:35 am

Is it punishment for the tainted baby formula? Do they have space suits?

sunflower · #4 Post by **sunflower** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:38 am

Is their televised spacewalk going to be real? Be on the lookout for our first spacewalk, with their astronauts' heads photo-shopped on!!!!

Rexer25 · #5 Post by **Rexer25** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:44 am

Remember how the Soviets said that they couldn't see God while they were in orbit, therefore he must not exist? I think the Chinese are looking for $700 billion, 'cause I have my doubts that exists...

cindy.wellman · #6 Post by **cindy.wellman** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:50 am

The title of this thread cracks me up.

Maybe uLy will be able to retire because he's been doing contract work for the Chinese. Good callout on that Sunflower.

Hmmm........

#7 Post by **littlebeast13** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:52 am

cindy.wellman wrote:Maybe uLy will be able to retire because he's been doing contract work for the Chinese.

Only if the Chinese astronauts come out of the capsule with squirrel heads.....

lb13

Rexer25 · #8 Post by **Rexer25** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:52 am

sunflower wrote:Is their televised spacewalk going to be real? Be on the lookout for our first spacewalk, with their astronauts' heads photo-shopped on!!!!

Like Cindy.W said, if we see squirrels walking in space, we know who did the video.

Rexer25 · #9 Post by **Rexer25** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:53 am

Rexer25 wrote:
sunflower wrote:Is their televised spacewalk going to be real? Be on the lookout for our first spacewalk, with their astronauts' heads photo-shopped on!!!!
Like Cindy.W said, if we see squirrels walking in space, we know who did the video.

Or even better, squirrels in duct tape space suits...

dodgersteve182 · #10 Post by **dodgersteve182** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:20 am

Hopefully it will go much better than their recent "fire drills"!

ulysses5019 · #11 Post by **ulysses5019** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:40 am

Is someone looking for me?

ulysses5019 · #12 Post by **ulysses5019** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:52 am

Chinese women say, "if they can put three Chinese men in orbit, why not put all of them?"".

peacock2121 · #13 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:01 am

Why are you telling us. Tell someone who can go up and get them back down.

ulysses5019 · #14 Post by **ulysses5019** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:05 am

peacock2121 wrote:Why are you telling us. Tell someone who can go up and get them back down.

They did. But they all said "bite me!" In Chinese of course.

peacock2121 · #15 Post by **peacock2121** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:08 am

ulysses5019 wrote:
peacock2121 wrote:Why are you telling us. Tell someone who can go up and get them back down.
They did. But they all said "bite me!" In Chinese of course.

Leave them up there then.

themanintheseersuckersuit · #16 Post by **themanintheseersuckersuit** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:14 pm

BEIJING - A news story describing a successful launch of China's long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet Thursday, hours before the rocket had even left the ground.

The country's official news agency Xinhua posted the article on its Web site Thursday, and remained there for much of the day before it was taken do

ulysses5019 · #17 Post by **ulysses5019** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:20 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
BEIJING - A news story describing a successful launch of China's long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet Thursday, hours before the rocket had even left the ground.

The country's official news agency Xinhua posted the article on its Web site Thursday, and remained there for much of the day before it was taken do

Yep, Capricorn 1.

Bob Juch · #18 Post by **Bob Juch** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:46 pm

Article here:
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/08 ... eport.html

nitrah55 · #19 Post by **nitrah55** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:26 pm

So THAT'S where my General Tzo's Chicken and Spring Rolls are!

I've been waiting for hours!

Starving Chinese Child · #20 Post by **Starving Chinese Child** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:32 pm

nitrah55 wrote:So THAT'S where my General Tzo's Chicken and Spring Rolls are!

I've been waiting for hours!

You think you've waited a long time for food...

VAdame · #21 Post by **VAdame** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:08 pm

If you want to wave to them, go to the Heavens-Above site. You can select your location from a Google Map or find your town in the database.

Click on the Shenzhou VII link to get a list of visible passes. Click on the time of the pass to get a sky map. They'll be flyin' over my front yard around 7:37 tonight.

Hi, Chinese Guys!

WebTVThingie · #22 Post by **WebTVThingie** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:11 pm

I hope they aren't in something made from recycled parts of the MIR space station, or you may be getting an even closer look at them when they fly by....

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #23 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:13 pm

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
BEIJING - A news story describing a successful launch of China's long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet Thursday, hours before the rocket had even left the ground.

The country's official news agency Xinhua posted the article on its Web site Thursday, and remained there for much of the day before it was taken do

No wonder some people are convinced they faked the Moon landing.

cindy.wellman · #24 Post by **cindy.wellman** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:36 pm

VAdame wrote:If you want to wave to them, go to the Heavens-Above site. You can select your location from a Google Map or find your town in the database.

Click on the Shenzhou VII link to get a list of visible passes. Click on the time of the pass to get a sky map. They'll be flyin' over my front yard around 7:37 tonight.

Hi, Chinese Guys!

Thanks for that link, Mary It doesn't look like they'll be very close to my area.

I also noticed that the acronym CEST was on the site as being Central European Summer Time. I had no idea that S stood for the word summer. I knew they changed their clocks, though not the same date as we change ours in the States. I just falsely assumed that the S stood for standard time.

Cool.

VAdame · #25 Post by **VAdame** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:53 pm

cindy.wellman wrote:
VAdame wrote:If you want to wave to them, go to the Heavens-Above site. You can select your location from a Google Map or find your town in the database.

Click on the Shenzhou VII link to get a list of visible passes. Click on the time of the pass to get a sky map. They'll be flyin' over my front yard around 7:37 tonight.

Hi, Chinese Guys!
Thanks for that link, Mary It doesn't look like they'll be very close to my area.

I also noticed that the acronym CEST was on the site as being Central European Summer Time. I had no idea that S stood for the word summer. I knew they changed their clocks, though not the same date as we change ours in the States. I just falsely assumed that the S stood for standard time.

Cool.

Oh, yeah -- change it to your local time! Heavens-Above is actually based in Hamburg, Germany, but it has fans all over the world -- just enter your location (database of cities/towns/neighborhoods, Google Map, or latitude/longitude) & local time.

Look for ISS passes, Hubble, the Space Shuttle when it's up there, Iridium Flares, sun & moon data, whole sky chart, planet rise & set times....lotsa fun stuff

Sadly, the sky is pretty overcast here so I didn't see the Chinese craft, or even the ISS, which came along about 10 minutes earlier.

WWTBAM Bored

Three Chinese men are now orbiting the Earth

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