Author Topic: China to land on moon (Read 893 times)

Ball · « **on:** March 07, 2007, 05:45:17 PM »

Yay! space race!

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2926679

ROC · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2007, 05:54:06 PM »

15 Years?? LMAO I think Zimbabwe can pull it off in 15 years. China is supposed to be technologically advanced and they are talking 15 years?

There won't be anywhere for China to land, heck all the good real estate will be gobbled up by then.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:01:57 PM »

Going into space requires alot of research and most importantly DATA!

It took the US 11 apollo missions to do it. That's WITH all the data collected from murcury and gemini and such.

Angus · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:05:32 PM »

The experience is there, and the computing power is there as well.
Good luck China!

(AFAIK the whole computing power behind the Appolo programme actually fits in a 486-33 processor)

tedrbr · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:05:39 PM »

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Originally posted by ROC
15 Years?? LMAO I think Zimbabwe can pull it off in 15 years. China is supposed to be technologically advanced and they are talking 15 years?

There won't be anywhere for China to land, heck all the good real estate will be gobbled up by then.

By whom? As to 15 years: China tends to go slow and steady. No J.F.K. speeches required or western short attention spans to deal with.

Took a bit over 50 years to go from Wilbur and Orville to spaceflight and eventually "One small Step".

Looks like it may take at least 50 years to get BACK to the Moon for the U.S., and NASA"s current plane to do so is a syndicated version of Apollo. Anyone whose read anything from M. Hunter, G.H. Stine, and others on the topic, will see it as an economical dead-end approach to Lunar Transport.

China's growing aerospace industry may actually be in a better position to get them to the moon that the U.S. these days.

Or as the old joke goes: "If America can put a man on the moon, why can't America put a man on the moon?"

storch · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:06:58 PM »

I don't think we could place a man on the moon in ten years right now. fifteen years is reasonable.

Gunslinger · « **Reply #6 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:09:26 PM »

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Originally posted by Angus
The experience is there, and the computing power is there as well.
Good luck China!

(AFAIK the whole computing power behind the Appolo programme actually fits in a 486-33 processor)

They have no experience. None. They've barley had manned orbital flight

Dichotomy · « **Reply #7 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:15:24 PM »

It'll never happen again. If John Chinaman goes up there he's going to get a laser blast in the old keister.

The greys told us to stay off the moon because their base on the far side of the moon showed up in a video shot from Apollo 11

This has to be true because I heard it on Art Bell

*puts tinfoil had on, opens The Catcher in the Rye, and closes the blinds

Shifty · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:17:56 PM »

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Originally posted by Gunslinger
Going into space requires alot of research and most importantly DATA!

It took the US 11 apollo missions to do it. That's WITH all the data collected from murcury and gemini and such.

I think the Apollo program got there in 5 missions. After the fire of the Apollo 1 mission , the first Apollo to fly was Apollo 7. With Apollo 11 being the first to land on the moon. It's possible I'm mistaken though.

Airscrew · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:18:33 PM »

the Apollo program more or less started July 1960, nine years later landed on the moon.

the Gemini program started in 1961 which was ongoing while Apollo was being developed launched 12 missions between 1964 and 1966, experience was used to help develop the Apollo program.

From Apollo 7 to Apollo 11 , October 1968 to July 1969, 5 launches, 1 moon landing in 10 months...

thats 17 rocket launches (a couple were unmanned) in 6 years.

you would think China could do it faster than 15 years.

Airscrew · « **Reply #10 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:23:23 PM »

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Originally posted by Gunslinger
They have no experience. None. They've barley had manned orbital flight

Project Mercury annouced 1958, no prior orbital experience, except maybe monkeys,... man on the moon 1969, 11 years

john9001 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:28:38 PM »

the US went to the moon, the report-----there's nothing there.

storch · « **Reply #12 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:35:43 PM »

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Originally posted by john9001
the US went to the moon, the report-----there's nothing there.

not so. they found freakin juan valdez mounted atop of akak with a load coffee ready to greet the gringos with some fresh java.

Dichotomy · « **Reply #13 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:43:55 PM »

I'm tellin you they found the grey base and robot heads...

think I'm lying?

http://www.unknowncountry.com/

Storch why are we chatting on the board instead of you humiliating me in the air?

oh ya... it's not 8:00 yet... you up tonight?

Gh0stFT · « **Reply #14 on:** March 07, 2007, 06:44:05 PM »

nothing there right now, but in 20-30 years it
could be the last resort for super-rich people,
talk about holidays on moon, motels and much more ect.

if you have the money, why not?

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