Give It Up for Yang Liwei!

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He's China's first astronaut and he blasted off today:

http://space.com/missionlaunches/shenzhou5_launch_031014.html.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 10:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Hoorah!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 10:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"I will not disappoint the motherland. I will complete each movement with total concentration. And I will gain honor for the People's Liberation Army and for the Chinese nation," ~~Yang read off a card thrust in front of him by a menacing-looking Communist party official~~ Chinese news media reported Yang as saying before the shot.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 10:46 (twenty-one years ago)

What's the proper terminology? Do we say 'taikonaut' or 'yuhangyuan'?

― robster (robster), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 11:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I prefer Taikonaut myself.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 12:01 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought this thread was about me. (Replace the Y with W and that's m'name.)

― Leee (Leee), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

he makes $1200 a month.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 15 October 2003 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

not only that, all the tang he can eat!

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/specials/apollo/stories/apollo.spinoffs/tang.jpg

*insert rude euphemism here*

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

a single Chinese astronaut named Yang Liwei is circling the planet every 90 minutes

bet he won't be single on his return....

SCENE: Yang enters Beijing bar "Hey, hey! Want to know what I do for a living?"

Re: Mark S's comment about his mother saying "I don't like space", the BBC interviewed an elderly couple in rural China who had "never heard of space".

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 21:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Note to self: when I finally make it to orbit, send out for Chinese food..

Taikonaut food sounds yummy!

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 15 October 2003 21:16 (twenty-one years ago)

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