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Long March 5 Delayed
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realtime:
25 ton payload rocket delayed at least until 2011-2012.
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/china-05zzzzzzzzzzr.html
Flightstar:
As I say to any new mission profile that gets delayed....welcome to space flight.
publiusr:
I wish them the best.
They have done a great job of reaching for the stars. A much better job, in fact, than China's only private astronaut--a merchant by the name of Wan-Hoo. And we all know what happened to him.
That made me reflect upon ancient attempts to reach for the heavens.
I was reading a nice book the other day, on this subject:
The MOON: Earth's Natural Satellite
by Franklyn M. Branley
And stumbled across this quote:
"In the time of Alexander the Great...a method for reaching the moon was suggested...to harness two griffins...Their continued efforts would carry the passenger to the moon..."
We have come a long way from those days of yore.
Today, we don't require two Griffins to reach the moon.
We need only listen to the one.
The book:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0690554168/qid=1131563308/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-3918041-5662252?v=glance&s=books
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