Joe Strout wrote:

In article ,
"Dr. O" dr.o@xxxxx wrote:

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...ns_031016.html

The Chinese have announced they will soon launch a space-lab and after that
a space station. I'm baffled what could be gained from this? There's hardly
any usefull science that can be done in space (except the eternal experiment
what happens to humans and all of God's creatures under zero grav
circumstances) that can't be done here on Earth.

Maybe they're not interested in doing science on it. Maybe they realize
there is a lot more that could be done in space than science.

Care to enumerate examples?

Maybe, unlike most of the U.S. authorities, they actually have a clue why space
is important and how to develop it.

Care to explain what makes it 'important'?

(In reality I doubt the Chinese are in space for any reasons different
than anyone else currently. National prestige along with a few
practical usages.)

D.
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