Shenzhou III

From: Jonathan T Wojack (tlj18@juno.com)
Date: Tue Mar 26 2002 - 16:05:47 EST

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    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.
    
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