A look at the Chinese space program
A look at the Chinese space program.
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A look at the Chinese space program.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
i love the names “long march” and “heavenly palace” . 141 successful launches out of 141 attempts for the long march 3 this is very impressive
A clue to their secretive military uses for their station can be seen in this article where the Chinese state their docking system will not conform to the international standard. It would have been cheaper (and possibly safer) to use the standard than create their own from scratch, and would offer mutual rescue capabilities, etc.
Their message? Keep out! They don’t want visitors, they don’t want partners, they don’t want to rescue anyone, they want all the credit for themselves. And they don’t want anyone able to see what’s in their military space station. Sort of like how the Soviets used a different train track gauge to prevent rail-based invasions. I remember a few Cold-War era train trips across the Iron Curtain and witnessed the trains cars being jacked up and the wheels changed! Wonder if they rebuilt all train tracks since or if they are still like that now?
http://www.space.com/12411-china-space-station-tiangong-readied-launch.html
Info on the standard docking system:
http://internationaldockingstandard.com/news.html