"Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April" Topic
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| Tango01 | 19 Feb 2017 9:27 p.m. PST |
"In April, China will launch a cargo spacecraft into orbit as part of a schedule to develop an international space station as soon as 2020. A Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft could be headed into space "as early as mid-April" atop a Long March-7 Y2 rocket, representing a major milestone for China's space program, according to People's Daily, an English-language Chinese news outlet. One wonders if the launch will take place on April 24, which was named China's Space Day last year by government officials, according to a Chinese white paper. "The launch of Tianzhou-1 will be a crucial step for China in building a space station by 2020," the news service noted. The vessel arrived in Hainan Province on Monday where the China Manned Space Agency plans to conduct the launch, the agency said…"
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| Cacique Caribe | 20 Feb 2017 3:53 a.m. PST |
Lol. Is that code for just another spy satellite or a satellite killer? Dan |
| Bowman | 20 Feb 2017 7:38 a.m. PST |
Well it's difficult to translate words without context but I suppose Tianzhou means a "circling heaven" or a "circuit of heaven" or the "circumference of heaven". As for their intent…….who knows? |
Shagnasty  | 20 Feb 2017 8:34 a.m. PST |
Time to organize the Space Patrol! |
| Col Durnford | 20 Feb 2017 8:41 a.m. PST |
Heavy lift rockets. Same reason as for the space race of the 60's. Make Amazon fast delivery to any point on the globe. |
| Bowman | 20 Feb 2017 1:30 p.m. PST |
Make Amazon fast delivery to any point on the globe. If I can get Peking Duck direct from Beijing, while still hot, then I'm all for it. |
| Col Durnford | 20 Feb 2017 1:38 p.m. PST |
It may be a little crispy on arrival. |
| taskforce58 | 26 Feb 2017 6:03 p.m. PST |
Note: Tianzhou means "heavenly vessel". One of the main mission goal is to test the fuel transfer after docking with Tiangong-2 station. |
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