Fw: Newspaper: Unmanned Test of China's Manned Spacecraft "Within Weeks"

Allen Thomson (thomsona@flash.net)
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 14:55:32 -0600

Relayed by Jim Oberg.  Phillip Clark may wish to provide his opinion and
comments.

> South China Morning Post /  November 16, 1999
> Unmanned space shuttle launch 'within weeks'
> by Oliver Chou
>
> China will be ready to launch its first unmanned space shuttle before the
end
> of the year, a pro-Beijing paper said yesterday.
>
> The Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Po quoted unidentified Beijing experts as
saying
> the spacecraft would be launched from the Jiuquan launch centre in Gansu
> province.
>
> The paper said finishing touches were being added to a launch-pad known as
> the rocket vertical assembling centre, which is the same as that used by
the
> United States to launch its shuttles.
>
> The Long March 2E rocket, which can carry a capsule weighing a maximum 10
> tonnes, would be augmented into a stronger 2F rocket.
>
> Experts were quoted as saying China had "solid technology" to retrieve the
> capsule.

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