Three finalists to be #1 Taikonaut

The AP reports http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20031013_214.html that
three candidates for Taikonaut #1 arrived at the launch site, strongly
suggesting on a single crewmember for the Shenzou 5 flight.

Anyone know who the other two candidates might be?


(Followups set to sci.space.policy, since that's the appropriate newsgroup -
China's current manned efforts are not sci.space.history topics)


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Michael R. Grabois ... change $ to "s" wrote in massage ...

The AP reports http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20031013_214.html that
three candidates for Taikonaut #1 arrived at the launch site, strongly
suggesting on a single crewmember for the Shenzou 5 flight.

Anyone know who the other two candidates might be?


(Followups set to sci.space.policy, since that's the appropriate
newsgroup -
China's current manned efforts are not sci.space.history topics)


--
Michael R. Grabois # http://chili.cjb.net # http://wizardimps.blogspot.com
"I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information."
- Calvin and Hobbes

just look at my web page:
http://zeto.czest.pl/astro/loty/sz5.htm !!

we must wait for official info soon
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SMS ;-)
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Michael R. Grabois ... change $ to "s" wrote in massage ...

The AP reports http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20031013_214.html that
three candidates for Taikonaut #1 arrived at the launch site, strongly
suggesting on a single crewmember for the Shenzou 5 flight.

Anyone know who the other two candidates might be?


(Followups set to sci.space.policy, since that's the appropriate
newsgroup -
China's current manned efforts are not sci.space.history topics)


--
Michael R. Grabois # http://chili.cjb.net # http://wizardimps.blogspot.com
"I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information."
- Calvin and Hobbes

just look at my web page:
http://zeto.czest.pl/astro/loty/sz5.htm !!

we must wait for official info soon
--
Regards,
SMS ;-)
= = =
www.lotykosmiczne.spec.pl / www.spaceflights.spec.pl
www.astronauci.spec.pl / www.astronauts.spec.pl
= = =

"Michael R. Grabois ... change $ to "s"" wrote
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The AP reports http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20031013_214.html that
three candidates for Taikonaut #1 arrived at the launch site, strongly
suggesting on a single crewmember for the Shenzou 5 flight.

I'm wondering who will carry the Russian-designed coffin if something with
the Russian-designed systems goes wrong. Or will the Chinese blame any
failure on the Russians as they did to Hughes in the '90's?

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peculiar position of toppling foreign
governments in the name of democracy.

Oh, how democractic!

Anyone know who the other two candidates might be?

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On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:12:31 GMT, "Michael R. Grabois ... change $ to
\"s\"" wrote:

(Followups set to sci.space.policy, since that's the appropriate newsgroup -
China's current manned efforts are not sci.space.history topics)

....Yeah, but considering .policy's deteriorating back to its normal
state of obfusciating chaos, do you *really* think anyone'll be able
to find the thread there?


OM

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On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:29:06 +0200, "SMS ;-\)." wrote:

Michael R. Grabois ... change $ to "s" wrote in massage ...

The AP reports http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20031013_214.html that
three candidates for Taikonaut #1 arrived at the launch site, strongly
suggesting on a single crewmember for the Shenzou 5 flight.

Anyone know who the other two candidates might be?


just look at my web page:
http://zeto.czest.pl/astro/loty/sz5.htm !!

we must wait for official info soon

Hmmm....apparently I misplaced my "Polish -- English" translator around here
somewhere....

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Michael R. Grabois # http://chili.cjb.net # http://wizardimps.blogspot.com
"I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information."
- Calvin and Hobbes

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:41:26 -0600, OM
om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org wrote:

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 14:12:31 GMT, "Michael R. Grabois ... change $ to
\"s\"" wrote:

(Followups set to sci.space.policy, since that's the appropriate newsgroup -
China's current manned efforts are not sci.space.history topics)

...Yeah, but considering .policy's deteriorating back to its normal
state of obfusciating chaos, do you *really* think anyone'll be able
to find the thread there?

Now why would anyone look in sci.space.history for discussion of current events
in the Chinese space program?

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Michael R. Grabois # http://chili.cjb.net # http://wizardimps.blogspot.com
"I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information."
- Calvin and Hobbes