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Twizted Humanitarian Crew
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 Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:00 am
This should generate some interesting responses:
BEIJING (AP) - China might not have a permanent presence in space yet, but the country's rocket men are already thinking about setting up a Communist Party branch in the outer reaches.
Now 14-strong, the Chinese astronaut corps more than meets the party's minimum requirement of at least three members for a branch, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday.
China's space communists would "carry out the regular activities of a Communist Party of China branch in space in the way we do on Earth," Yang Liwei, the first Chinese astronaut to fly into space, was quoted by Xinhua as saying on the sidelines of the national party congress.
Yang said a party branch would have to await establishment of a permanent presence in space such as a space station, something China is decades from achieving. A government official said Tuesday that China is interested in participating in the international space station.
Yang orbited Earth for 21 1/2 hours in 2003 aboard the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft, making China only the third country after the former Soviet Union and the United States to launch a person into space.
"Like foreign astronauts having their beliefs, we believe in communism, which is also a spiritual power," he said. "We may not pray in the way our foreign counterparts do. But the common belief has made us more united in space, where there is no national boundary, to accomplish our missions."
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:13 am
If they ever made a space station, I would personally support nuking it, if it didn't become inhabitable from shoddy workmanship prior.
Maybe China wouldn't be in such a horrid position, if it decided to support its economy and infrastructure, rather then trying to match the USA in technological prestige. It also seems they forgotten that the space race was over 50 years ago. Who gives a crap about 3rd place, especially if it is after 40 years, and when almost every single country has had someone sent into space. The Communists are just insecure about their p***s size and the fact that their state is bound to collapse within 20 years.
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Twizted Humanitarian Crew
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:08 am
FubarRedFerret If they ever made a space station, I would personally support nuking it, if it didn't become inhabitable from shoddy workmanship prior. Maybe China wouldn't be in such a horrid position, if it decided to support its economy and infrastructure, rather then trying to match the USA in technological prestige. It also seems they forgotten that the space race was over 50 years ago. Who gives a crap about 3rd place, especially if it is after 40 years, and when almost every single country has had someone sent into space. The Communists are just insecure about their p***s size and the fact that their state is bound to collapse within 20 years. Yeah they'd probably use lead paint on the walls or something.
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:38 am
Actually it is quite significant. The fact that they have the economy and infrastructure to launch spacecraft means they at least got as far as the Soviet Union in industry and economy. Current projections indicate that the Chinese economy and influence will continue to grow, surpassing Japan even, in just a few decades. If a country operating with a Communist model can achieve this, it is a very significant statement in an area that was before dominated by a capitalist model and private enterprise. NASA contracts to Boeing and the like compared to a craft built as a public works project.
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