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2008-09-29 China-Japan-Koreas

China to establish space lab in 2011, station in 2020

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-29 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Laser both when built...meanwhile stop buying their junk from the dollar stores...

Posted by borgboy 2008-09-29 01:13|| 2008-09-29 01:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Space stations have turned out to be nothing more than very expensive technical Antarctic research stations. There's been no demonstrated practical reason to sustain them beyond nationalistic chauvinism and academic curiosity. Until practical and useful returns can be found or developed, its a resource sink with missions that can be completed by either satellite or short duration orbital missions. Find that necessary function, then justify its existence.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-29 05:57|| 2008-09-29 05:57|| Front Page Top

#3 So long as the astronauts can be quite certain they won't be poisoned by either the structure or the supplies...

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-29 08:00|| 2008-09-29 08:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe they will buy NASA.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-09-29 08:20|| 2008-09-29 08:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, if they're willing to buy 1970s technology and bureaucracy, sure why not. However, we're keeping the mineral rights.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-29 09:24|| 2008-09-29 09:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Will they have free delivery?

Posted by tu3031 2008-09-29 09:44|| 2008-09-29 09:44|| Front Page Top

#7 10 minute!

Posted by Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2008-09-29 11:52|| 2008-09-29 11:52|| Front Page Top

#8 A space station has value for science, it is just that the value seems far lower compared to the cost of building and maintaining the things.

A space station built as a gas station could have tremendous value.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-09-29 14:08|| 2008-09-29 14:08|| Front Page Top

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