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China 'could reach Moon by 2020'
China 'could reach Moon by 2020' By Paul Rincon Science reporter, BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7506715.stm Dr Griffin says the US and Chinese space agencies are co-operating China is capable of sending a manned mission to the Moon within the next decade, if it so wishes, Nasa administrator Michael Griffin has said. The US space agency plans to return people to the lunar surface by 2020 using its new Orion spacecraft. But it is just possible the first people on the Moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 could be planting a flag with five stars, not 50. In 2003, China became only the third country to launch a person into orbit. Speaking to the BBC News website during a visit to London, Dr Griffin said: "Certainly it is possible that if China wants to put people on the Moon, and if it wishes to do so before the United States, it certainly can. As a matter of technical capability, it absolutely can." Chinese officials say there is no plan and no timetable for a Moon landing, and have expressed doubt that one could be made by 2020. Ambitious programmes But Sun Laiyan, chief of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), told journalists last year that an eventual lunar excursion was inevitable. On whether it mattered who reached the Moon next, Dr Griffin replied: "I'm not a psychologist, so I can't say if it matters or not. That would just be an opinion and I don't want to air an opinion in an area that I'm not qualified to discuss." We do have some early co-operative initiatives that we are trying to put in place with China, mostly centred around scientific enterprises Dr Michael Griffin Nasa Administrator But there is a perception among some in the space industry that America's long-held dominance in space exploration is slipping as other nations enter the fray. A recent report by the US consultancy firm, Futron, found other countries were expanding their space capabilities at an astonishing rate, "threatening US space leadership". China has sent two manned missions into space over the last five years. The first, in 2003, carried "yuhangyuan" (astronaut) Yang Liwei into orbit for 21 hours aboard the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft. On the second, two spacemen flew aboard the Shenzhou 6 craft, spending nearly five days in orbit. Another manned mission is set to go ahead in October, just after the Beijing Olympic Games. Dr Griffin said the US and China were now making the first tentative steps towards collaborating with each other on space exploration. "We do have some early co-operative initiatives that we are trying to put in place with China, mostly centred around scientific enterprises. I think that's a great place to start," he said. Five-year gap "I think we're always better off if we can find areas where we can collaborate rather than quarrel. I would remind your [audience] that the first US-Soviet human co-operation took place in 1975, virtually at the height of the Cold War." "And it led, 18 years later, to discussions about an International Space Station (ISS) programme in which we're now involved." India's space programme is smaller than China's, but is making great strides. The South Asian country will launch its Chandrayaan unmanned Moon probe later this year. It has also announced ambitious plans for a manned programme. Since joining Nasa as its administrator in 2005, Dr Griffin has overseen the implementation of President George W Bush's Vision for Space Exploration, which aims to return Americans to the Moon by 2020, and send them on, at some undetermined date, to Mars. He has presided over Nasa's efforts to complete construction of the ISS in time for a retirement of the space shuttle in 2010. However, its replacements, the Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets, will not be ready until March 2015. This leaves a five-year gap during which the US will have no spacecraft capable of reaching the space station. Last year, Dr Griffin told the US Congress that this gap could be shortened to 2013 with the injection of $2bn extra in funds. The request was ultimately turned down. He now says: "Even if a new president and a new Congress decided they wanted to shorten the gap between shuttle retirement and Ares and Orion deployment, at this point with water over the dam, even if they were substantially increasing our funding, we would be talking about 2014 as the earliest." Nasa has given seed money to commercial ventures in order to spur development of a manned craft capable of re-supplying the ISS. But also has the option of buying some of the European Space Agency's ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) resupply craft. |
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China 'could reach Moon by 2020'
Agent Smith wrote:
China 'could reach Moon by 2020' By Paul Rincon Science reporter, BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7506715.stm [snip delusions of a madman] Michael Griffin is a delusional liar who will say or do anything to salvage his legacy, which is now beyond salvaging, but he doesn't realize that. This guy is almost an exact clone of George W. Bush. |
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China 'could reach Moon by 2020'
On Jul 15, 4:32*pm, kT wrote:
Agent Smith wrote: China 'could reach Moon by 2020' * By Paul Rincon Science reporter, BBC News * http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7506715.stm [snip delusions of a madman] Michael Griffin is a delusional liar who will say or do anything to salvage his legacy, which is now beyond salvaging, but he doesn't realize that. This guy is almost an exact clone of George W. Bush. Bush is not a liar, whatever this Michael Griffin is. |
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China 'could reach Moon by 2020'
On 16 Jul, 02:34, calvin wrote:
Michael Griffin is a delusional liar who will say or do anything to salvage his legacy, which is now beyond salvaging, but he doesn't realize that. This guy is almost an exact clone of George W. Bush. Bush is not a liar, whatever this Michael Griffin is. Oh, so there was WMD in Iraq. - Ian Parker |
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China 'could reach Moon by 2020'
Ian Parker wrote:
:On 16 Jul, 02:34, calvin wrote: : : Michael Griffin is a delusional liar who will say or do anything to : salvage his legacy, which is now beyond salvaging, but he doesn't : realize that. This guy is almost an exact clone of George W. Bush. : : Bush is not a liar, whatever this Michael Griffin is. : :Oh, so there was WMD in Iraq. : There is a difference between being wrong and being a liar. Of course, you are both, so perhaps you cannot differentiate... -- "You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear." -- Mark Twain |
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China 'could reach Moon by 2020'
On 17 Jul, 17:10, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Ian Parker wrote: :On 16 Jul, 02:34, calvin wrote: : : Michael Griffin is a delusional liar who will say or do anything to : salvage his legacy, which is now beyond salvaging, but he doesn't : realize that. This guy is almost an exact clone of George W. Bush. : : Bush is not a liar, whatever this Michael Griffin is. : :Oh, so there was WMD in Iraq. : There is a difference between being wrong and being a liar. Of course, you are both, so perhaps you cannot differentiate... -- "You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of *your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear." The CIA knew this from the word go. It was guerre a l'outrace. You might argue SH had to be removed and a few lies were needed to do this. However figure this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein He was put there by you lot. If he wasn't there in the first place he would not have had to be removed. There is one other fact that I think is significant. The CIA made the US Army hunt for WMD which it knew all along did not exist. Meanwhile the ethic cleansing which has displaced over 4 million people started. - Ian Parker |
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China 'could reach Moon by 2020'
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:07:14 -0700 (PDT), in a place far, far away,
Ian Parker made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: On 16 Jul, 02:34, calvin wrote: Michael Griffin is a delusional liar who will say or do anything to salvage his legacy, which is now beyond salvaging, but he doesn't realize that. This guy is almost an exact clone of George W. Bush. Bush is not a liar, whatever this Michael Griffin is. Oh, so there was WMD in Iraq. Whether or not there was WMD in Iraq has nothing to do with whether or not Bush is a liar. Only an illogical ignoramus would think there is. |
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China 'could reach Moon by 2020'
On 17 Jul, 21:30, (Rand Simberg) wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:07:14 -0700 (PDT), in a place far, far away, Ian Parker made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: On 16 Jul, 02:34, calvin wrote: Michael Griffin is a delusional liar who will say or do anything to salvage his legacy, which is now beyond salvaging, but he doesn't realize that. This guy is almost an exact clone of George W. Bush. Bush is not a liar, whatever this Michael Griffin is. Oh, so there was WMD in Iraq. Whether or not there was WMD in Iraq has nothing to do with whether or not Bush is a liar. *Only an illogical ignoramus would think there is. He said there were. It was not true. He rubbished Ralph Ikea. What else. - Ian Parker |
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China 'could reach Moon by 2020'
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:19:57 -0700 (PDT), in a place far, far away,
Ian Parker made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: On 17 Jul, 21:30, (Rand Simberg) wrote: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:07:14 -0700 (PDT), in a place far, far away, Ian Parker made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: On 16 Jul, 02:34, calvin wrote: Michael Griffin is a delusional liar who will say or do anything to salvage his legacy, which is now beyond salvaging, but he doesn't realize that. This guy is almost an exact clone of George W. Bush. Bush is not a liar, whatever this Michael Griffin is. Oh, so there was WMD in Iraq. Whether or not there was WMD in Iraq has nothing to do with whether or not Bush is a liar. *Only an illogical ignoramus would think there is. He said there were. It was not true. Thank you. You indisputably demonstrate that you equate saying something is not true with a lie. Thus, you also demonstrate my point about ignorant illogical idiots, with no understanding of the meaning of the word "liar," and "lie." And actually, we still don't even know that it wasn't true. |
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China 'could reach Moon by 2020'
Ian Parker wrote:
:On 17 Jul, 17:10, Fred J. McCall wrote: : Ian Parker wrote: : : :On 16 Jul, 02:34, calvin wrote: : : : : Michael Griffin is a delusional liar who will say or do anything to : : salvage his legacy, which is now beyond salvaging, but he doesn't : : realize that. This guy is almost an exact clone of George W. Bush. : : : : Bush is not a liar, whatever this Michael Griffin is. : : : :Oh, so there was WMD in Iraq. : : : : There is a difference between being wrong and being a liar. : : Of course, you are both, so perhaps you cannot differentiate... : : -- : "You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of : *your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear." : :The CIA knew this from the word go. : See what I mean about you being a liar? : :It was guerre a l'outrace. You :might argue SH had to be removed and a few lies were needed to do :this. However figure this. : :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein : :He was put there by you lot. If he wasn't there in the first place he :would not have had to be removed. : You've been corrected on this before. He was ***NOT*** "put there by" us. Your cite doesn't support your statement. Given that you have been repeatedly corrected on this and yet still keep saying it, you have graduated from merely being ignorant to being an outright and deliberate liar. : :There is one other fact that I think is significant. The CIA made the :US Army hunt for WMD which it knew all along did not exist. Meanwhile :the ethic cleansing which has displaced over 4 million people started. : You mean there's one other delusion of yours based on lies about the facts which you would like to put forward as if it is significant. -- "You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear." -- Mark Twain |
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