Just to let this international community know.... Shenzhou III will release a module into orbit just like Shenzhou II, which will stay in orbit, if all goes well, for about 6 months. I would imagine that the main module of Shenzhou III will stay in orbit for 7-14 days. If Shenzhou III goes as planned, then two more tests flights are planned (Shenzhou IV and V), with a pinnacle of a manned flight of Shenzhou VI, as early as the fall of 2003 (long-term plans call for a first manned flight to space by 2005, and to the Moon by 2010). Recent developments also indicate that the Chinese are planning to build a modular space station sometime in the near future. The official Chinese policy statement is that it willl occur by 2099. ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W 5 hours behind UT (-5) ***DOZENS OF SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, ASTRONOMY, SKY AND TELESCOPE, AD ASTRA MAGAZINES ARE FOR SALE*** ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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