“China Tuesday began its longest manned space mission with the launch of the Shenzhou-10 rocket, state television showed, as the country steps up an ambitious exploration programme symbolising its growing power. The crew are due to spend 15 days in orbit. Beijing sees the multi-billion-dollar space programme as a marker of its rising global stature and mounting technical expertise, as well as the ruling Communist Party’s success in turning around the fortunes of the once poverty-stricken nation. China’s programme is highly ambitious and includes plans to land a man on the moon and build a station orbiting earth by 2020.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/11/china-launches-longest-ever-manned-space-mission/
Related posts:
Alaskan border town may use Canadian dollars, but they’re ‘100% American’
"Drug free zones" proposal would arrest any loiterer "no questions asked"
Facebook bans all crypto-currency ads
The rich are saving cash at a record pace
Online Casinos Hobbled as Credit-Card Issuers Reject Bets
San Francisco arrests under review after officers' slur-filled texts revealed
Wary eyes shift to the skies as unmanned aircraft are tested in Oklahoma
Indian government seeks gold purchase information from jewellers
We Can’t Attack North Korea. It’s Against the Law
How close are we getting to a “papers please” society?
U.S. flies nuclear-capable stealth bombers over South Korea
FDA rewrites opioid narcotic labels to limit use for pain
In one Florida county, nicotine is a banned drug
Spain fights to lose status as drug gateway to Europe
North Korean shoots officers, defects to South Korea