https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/first-manned-mission-to-new-chinese-space-station-to-launch-june-17th/ Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:26:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/first-manned-mission-to-new-chinese-space-station-to-launch-june-17th/#comment-1139185 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:26:10 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=76537#comment-1139185 I can’t wait to see the flurry of raw social media when one of those first stages hits land! It will be like a real time Wuhan Lab leak.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/first-manned-mission-to-new-chinese-space-station-to-launch-june-17th/#comment-1139181 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:19:31 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=76537#comment-1139181 Are they planning to continue dropping first stages in random locations around the Earth. Do they not worry about hitting a city?

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/first-manned-mission-to-new-chinese-space-station-to-launch-june-17th/#comment-1139126 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:50:40 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=76537#comment-1139126 With the launch at 6:22 PDT today and nothing listed on CCTV, we will probably see video or pics two hours after.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/first-manned-mission-to-new-chinese-space-station-to-launch-june-17th/#comment-1139090 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:48:00 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=76537#comment-1139090 5-years is a strangely long gap for a space program with a still-active production line of spacecraft. They are really going to need to step up their cadence if they want build up an experienced taikonaut corps. In the past year alone, SpaceX has launched 10 individual astronauts. China’s grand total in 18 years of manned flight is 11, which will rise to just 12 upon this latest launch.

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