Chinafail - Tommorow Never Flies

Overheal

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_re_as/as_china_space_article_1



A news story describing a successful launch of China's long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet Thursday, hours before the rocket had even left the ground.
The country's official news agency Xinhua posted the article on its Web site Thursday, and remained there for much of the day before it was taken down.


A staffer from the Xinhuanet.com Web site who answered the phone Thursday said the posting of the article was a "technical error" by a technician. The staffer refused to give his name as is common among Chinese officials.


The Shenzhou 7 mission, which will feature China's first-ever spacewalk, is set to launch Thursday from Jiuquan in northwestern China between 9:07 a.m. EDT and 10:27 p.m. EDT.


The arcticle, dated two days from now on Sept. 27, vividly described the rocket in flight, complete with a sharply detailed dialogue between the three astronauts.


Excerpts are below:


"After this order, signal lights all were switched on, various data show up on rows of screens, hundreds of technicians staring at the screens, without missing any slightest changes ...


'One minute to go!'


'Changjiang No.1 found the target!'...


"The firm voice of the controller broke the silence of the whole ship. Now, the target is captured 12 seconds ahead of the predicted time ...


'The air pressure in the cabin is normal!'


"Ten minutes later, the ship disappears below the horizon. Warm clapping and excited cheering breaks the night sky, echoing across the silent Pacific Ocean."

ejmaztec

Overheal wrote: »

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_re_as/as_china_space_article_1



A news story describing a successful launch of China's long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet Thursday, hours before the rocket had even left the ground.
The country's official news agency Xinhua posted the article on its Web site Thursday, and remained there for much of the day before it was taken down.


A staffer from the Xinhuanet.com Web site who answered the phone Thursday said the posting of the article was a "technical error" by a technician. The staffer refused to give his name as is common among Chinese officials.


The Shenzhou 7 mission, which will feature China's first-ever spacewalk, is set to launch Thursday from Jiuquan in northwestern China between 9:07 a.m. EDT and 10:27 p.m. EDT.


The arcticle, dated two days from now on Sept. 27, vividly described the rocket in flight, complete with a sharply detailed dialogue between the three astronauts.


Excerpts are below:


"After this order, signal lights all were switched on, various data show up on rows of screens, hundreds of technicians staring at the screens, without missing any slightest changes ...


'One minute to go!'


'Changjiang No.1 found the target!'...


"The firm voice of the controller broke the silence of the whole ship. Now, the target is captured 12 seconds ahead of the predicted time ...


'The air pressure in the cabin is normal!'


"Ten minutes later, the ship disappears below the horizon. Warm clapping and excited cheering breaks the night sky, echoing across the silent Pacific Ocean."

Wasn't there one of these in the 1960s - One giant step, and all that, or was it Capricorn one? I can never remember...:P

shenanigans1982

Overheal wrote: »

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_re_as/as_china_space_article_1

The staffer refused to give his name as is common among Chinese officials.

There is a good chance it was Lee

MagicMarker

shenanigans1982 wrote: »

There is a good chance it was Lee

Bruce?

Oh my God! It's Jackie Chan!

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What is this racist bullshít?

MagicMarker

Des wrote: »

What is this racist bullshít?

I didn't know bullshit could be racist?

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This thread is full of it.

MagicMarker

MagicMarker wrote: »

I didn't know bullshit could be racist?

Have you ever seen white sh1t? Well there ya go.

MagicMarker

Deleted User wrote: »

Have you ever seen white sh1t? Well there ya go.

What about bird shit? Are they the white supremacists of the animal kingdom?

I always knew they were up to something, hairy Japanese bastards!!

Supercell

This thread sucks/

MagicMarker

So does yore ....... vacuum.

Insect Overlord

Supercell wrote: »

This thread sucks/

+1

ibtl, tbh

Overheal

An Fhile wrote: »

+1

ibtl, tbh

imo, tisnf. wth.

MagicMarker

An Fhile wrote: »

+1

ibtl, tbh

GFYITA

YMCA

MagicMarker

Deleted User wrote: »

YMCA

IFTBAT YMCA A

Overheal

DYBIM ILI

MagicMarker

Overheal wrote: »

DYBIM ILI

Ah now, there's no need for that sort of carry on!

Overheal

YDKWIWTA! SRSLY!

Insect Overlord

RTE ITV BBC?

Karoma

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