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October 19th 03, 05:19 PM
Jorge R. Frank
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JimO: "Chinese space advances benefit everyone"
(Christopher) wrote in
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On 19 Oct 2003 04:36:52 GMT, "Jorge R. Frank"
wrote:
(Christopher) wrote in
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On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 04:46:46 GMT,
lid
(John Savard) wrote:
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:07:16 GMT,
(Christopher)
wrote, in part:
One away day in space
and China is now public enemy one in the American administration mind
set, it seems were back to the same mind set as it was on 1 October
1958.
I wasn't aware that George Bush was voicing any sentiments similar to
mine. I would rather have expected him to be extending warm
congratulations to China. Which are also appropriate on such an
occasion; this is an achievement. I am only not entirely happy about
it because I saw China as a problem before it happened.
That may be so but the first reaction form the American administration
shows nothing much has changed since 1958.
Really?
What *was* the first reaction to Shenzhou 5 from the American
administration?
Well on the BBC news, a talking head in the administration popped up
and said bla bla bla then 'it's a threat to National Security'.
Wrong. This was the first reaction from the administration:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003...333_china.html
"This launch is an important achievement in the history of human
exploration. China, after Russia and the United States, is only the third
nation to successfully launch humans into space.
"The Chinese people have a long and distinguished history of exploration.
NASA wishes China a continued safe human space flight program."
(and if you wish to contend that Sean O'Keefe is not a member of the
administration, think again.)
This was the first public statement by Bush himself, and directly
contradicts whatever official you quoted above:
http://www.spacedaily.com/2003/03101....hjzi9nyf.html
"No, it's an interesting development," he told Channel News Asia in an
exchange taped earlier this week in Washington. "I don't necessarily see it
as a threat."
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