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China to Moon by 2020
BEIJING (AP) -- China plans to land a human on the moon by 2020, the
country's chief space official said in comments broadcast by state television. "By 2020, we will achieve visiting the moon," said Luan Enjie, director of the National Aerospace Bureau. Luan used a verb that specifically describes a human act. Luan said that would follow the launch of a probe to orbit the moon by 2007 and an unmanned lunar landing by 2010. China's once-secret space program has released a stream of such disclosures following the Oct. 15 flight of astronaut Yang Liwei on the country's first manned space voyage. "We will focus on deep space exploration. The first target selected is the moon," Luan said Thursday. The broadcast on a channel of China State Television that is directed at foreign audiences said Luan spoke at a national forum on science and the humanities. It didn't say where or when the forum took place. The space program is a key prestige project for the communist government, which launched its first satellite in 1970. The government said earlier this month it would probably launch its second manned space flight within two years, carrying a two-member crew. Officials also have said the government plans eventually to send up a permanently manned space station. But until Luan's comments, officials had denied having plans for a manned lunar landing. They insisted that, in contrast to the U.S.-Soviet space race of the 1960s, China was moving at its own careful, cost-effective pace. |
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On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:20:38 +1100, "Alan Erskine"
wrote: "Steve Dufour" wrote in message . com... BEIJING (AP) -- China plans to land a human on the moon by 2020, the country's chief space official said in comments broadcast by state television. "By 2020, we will achieve visiting the moon," said Luan Enjie, director of the National Aerospace Bureau. Luan used a verb that specifically describes a human act. No it doesn't. The U.S. visited the Moon after the Soviets had been there with the Luna landers. "We" does not necessarily mean people. Perhaps he spoke in Chinese -- Find out about Australia's most dangerous Doomsday Cult: http://users.bigpond.net.au/wanglese/pebble.htm "You can't fool me, it's turtles all the way down." |
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In article , Alan Erskine wrote:
"Steve Dufour" wrote in message om... BEIJING (AP) -- China plans to land a human on the moon by 2020, the country's chief space official said in comments broadcast by state television. "By 2020, we will achieve visiting the moon," said Luan Enjie, director of the National Aerospace Bureau. Luan used a verb that specifically describes a human act. No it doesn't. The U.S. visited the Moon after the Soviets had been there with the Luna landers. "We" does not necessarily mean people. Whilst your statement is indeed correct, note the phrasing of the report - you don't often see "George W. Bush today announced that he had had a meal with Republican leaders to discuss future White House appointments. The President used a verb that specifically described eating." in AP reports. Note, also, that senior Chinese officials being quoted on Chinese television have a habit of speaking English, not Chinese. It is entirely plausible, though I wouldn't care to say for sure, that in that language it's quite possible for a form of the very "to visit" to have explicit "look, people, real people, they're going" connotations. "Visit" is indeterminate in English. It may not have been so indeterminate in the original. (Anyone here speak Chinese and can comment? I can't even manage "Help, I speak no Chinese", which is my usual baseline...) I can't see them adding that line unless there was a reason... That said, I can't help but feel this is yet another example of the "completely misinterpreting Chinese press releases" which Western news agencies appear to have adopted as a competitive sport. You seem to be able to set your watch - okay, calendar - by the regularity with which "Chinese Moon Base Plans Revealed" crops up these days. -- -Andrew Gray |
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