The Newspaper Shop -- Wednesday edition

[TankGirl]

A great issue again - thanks WT!

China To Launch Fourth Unmanned Space Capsule This Year
China will launch its fourth unmanned space capsule this year, taking the country closer to sending a human into orbit, state television said Tuesday. The capsule will be technically identical to a craft capable of carrying a crew, the report said. It didn't give a date for the launch. State media say China plans to launch a human into orbit within three years. It would be only the third country able to do so on its own, after Russia and the United States. The third Shenzhou capsule -- whose name means "Sacred Vessel'' -- was launched in March carrying a mannequin in a space suit. After the re-entry portion of the craft landed in northern China, officials said the seven-day flight was a success.
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches...te_020813.html

China's determined efforts to conquer space are interesting. I believe that they will also succeed - if not in three years soon anyway. There's a superpower with great human and technological potential and a future. Running on Linux.

- tg