China's Space Program

[earth_as_one]

China's space program makes another leap forward:

China will launch three astronauts, including a mother who flies transport planes, to live and work on a space station for about a week, a major step in its goal of becoming only the third nation with a permanent base orbiting Earth.
Liu Yang, a 34-year-old, volleyball-playing air force pilot, and two male colleagues will be launched Saturday in the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft that will dock with the bus-sized Tiangong 1 space module now orbiting 322 kilometres above the Earth.
Two of the astronauts will live and work inside the module to test its life-support systems while the third will remain in the capsule to deal with unexpected emergencies. State media have said the mission will last about 10 days before the astronauts travel back to Earth in the capsule that will land on the Western Chinese grasslands with the help of parachutes....
China to launch landmark space station mission - World - CBC News


the future?


Building a Heavenly Palace in outer space
by Alina Chernoivanova, Dmitry Kosyrev
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 15, 2012

illustration only
China's permanent space station, the Heavenly Palace, is to be launched into orbit within a decade. According to Chinese media reports, the 60-ton craft will include a central module and two laboratories, for a crew of three. So, it's really more like a country cottage than a palace.
Building a Heavenly Palace in outer space

 

[WLDB]

They also have plans to go to the moon from what I've read. By the looks of things they're catching up quick.

 

[lone wolf]

I understand there's a pretty good "how to" library out there....

Good for China. I hope the one-legged space race can stay apolitical

 

[spaminator]

do the astronauts trust any space equipment made in china?

 

[lone wolf]

If it's anything like that crap footgear they sell at WalMart, I know I wouldn't

 

[Just the Facts]

Well they make all the stuff, they may as well use it I guess.

 

[MapleDog]

do the astronauts trust any space equipment made in china?

"American component Russian component Chinese component.....al made in Taiwan"

 

[Just the Facts]

It's fun to criticize the quality of the cheap stuff made in China, but it's actually what the buyers want in most cases. Companies approach manufacturer's and say "we want so and so may thousands of these widgets and here's what we're going to pay for them". Then it's up to the manufacturer's to figure out how they're gonna make those widgets at that price. The quality is a function of the Marketer's desired price point, rather than the ability of the manufacturer.

 

[Bar Sinister]

If it's anything like that crap footgear they sell at WalMart, I know I wouldn't

Maybe. But the computer monitor you're reading this on was probably made there as were about half the electronic components in your computer and various other basic gadgets like your phone. The key to the the quality of any product is not necessarily where it is made, but the standards demanded by the manufacturer.

 

[earth_as_one]

Made in Japan used to mean cheap crap. Now it means quality. As the world becomes dependent on China, the price will go up. As China faces competition from other countries the quality will go up.

 

[lone wolf]

Maybe. But the computer monitor you're reading this on was probably made there as were about half the electronic components in your computer and various other basic gadgets like your phone. The key to the the quality of any product is not necessarily where it is made, but the standards demanded by the manufacturer.

Be that as it may, I have yet to drive a gravel stone up through the air-bubble heel of my HP

 

[CDNBear]

Can someone explain to me how China is a developing country under the Kyoto Accord?

 

[petros]

Can someone explain to me how China is a developing country under the Kyoto Accord?

KYOTO....the Japs are trying to screw them again!

 

[earth_as_one]

Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Production

1 Qatar
7 United States
8 Canada
71 Thailand
72 China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita

 

[taxslave]

do the astronauts trust any space equipment made in china?

OUrs is made by the lowest bidder(in china). How good is that?

 

[WLDB]

Can someone explain to me how China is a developing country under the Kyoto Accord?

Might have something to do with half their population living in horrible conditions.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Per Capita Greenhouse Gas Production

1 Qatar
7 United States
8 Canada
71 Thailand
72 China
List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Always per capita. I'd like to see this conparison done factoring in
land mass & population & climate. Canada has a population that's
thin on the ground, and spread out (even if it's mostly along its
southern border...) & the whole country (not just part of it)
experiences this whole "winter" thing.

 

[earth_as_one]

Colder countries heat their homes. Warmer countries use air conditioning. Most Canadians live in cities and we can do better.

33 Norway
56 Sweden

Sure China is the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases. They also have the most people... If I understand your point, China is too big and has too many people. They should only be allowed to produce the same level of green house gases per capita as Canada if they divided the country up into 500 little countries each with the same population as Canada.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Colder countries heat their homes. Warmer countries use air conditioning. Most Canadians live in cities and we can do better.

33 Norway
56 Sweden

Sure China is the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases. They also have the most people... If I understand your point, China is too big and has too many people. They should only be allowed to produce the same level of green house gases per capita as Canada if they divided the country up into 500 little countries each with the same population as Canada.

Neither Norway, or Sweden has to ship things, inside their country, the
distance that Canada does, though their entire countrys do deal with
winter.

Not everyplace "has to" use air conditioning to prevent their deaths 1/2 the
year....& lots of private homes in tropical places don't use air conditioning
at all. In Canada, heating your home through 1/2 the year (or close to it)
isn't an option.

Dividing China into 500 smaller countries doesn't spread their population
out over the same or similiar distances that Canadians deal with.

My point has nothing to do with China being too big with too many people.
My point is that using "per capita" alone doesn't consider enough variable
factors, is all. That's exactly all that I was getting at.

 

[petros]

Could you imagine eating chicken feet from a mylar pouch?