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From: Steven J. Dunn <SDunn@logicon.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:41:16 -0700
Fwd Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 08:07:43 -0400
Subject: BBC: China To Test Space Shuttle In Oct


China to test 'space shuttle' in October

Thursday, May 13, 1999; Published at 13:20 GMT 14:20 UK

By BBC News Online Science Editor Dr David Whitehouse

The Chinese space programme will try to launch its first
spacecraft designed to carry astronauts on 1 October.

Officials quoted in the Yangcheng Evening News said preparations
of a recoverable capsule were far ahead of schedule.

If the date can be achieved the flight would coincide with the
communist state's 50th anniversary celebrations.

Although there had been rumours that China was planning a
mission to test its new spacecraft design no specific timing has
previously been given, other than "by the end of this century or
the beginning of the next."

The October flight would be unmanned and used to test the
technology. But Li Jianzhong, director of the Chinese Academy of
Launch-Vehicle Technology, said that a manned launch was "under
preparation", and indicated it would follow not far behind the
test flight.

He said that their Long March 2E rocket already had a lift
capacity of 10 tonnes and that China was about to complete
research for a rocket capable of launching 20-tonne payloads.

Astronauts have been trained and research into life support
systems had made "great progress," he said. The helmets,
pressure suits and feeding system were ready to go.

In recent months, China has refurbished its fleet of satellite
tracking ships. Experts say that if such an important mission
does take place in October then these ships would be positioned
in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Li Jianzhong has also said that China is developing a spacecraft
similar to the US Space Shuttle.

Western experts believe that this is a mis-translation. They
expect the spacecraft to have more in common with the Russian
Soyuz manned spacecraft than the US shuttle which it is believed
is far beyond China's technical abilities.



Hi everyone.

At the next full moon (May 30), I wonder how many of you are
able to see another very human looking face on the Moon.

Unlike the very impressive but small New Face on Mars (about 6
miles across) which cannot be seen from Earth, even with a
telescope, the Old Face on the Moon is over 1000 miles across
(about 1/4 of the area of the Moon).  It can be seen with the
naked eye - or with glasses if you are nearsighted like me.

This face is a profile of a woman with dark hair (the "Seas" of
Serenity and Tranquillity).  Her nose is located near the center
of the lunar disk and her eye, lips and chin are clearly visible.
She is wearing a bright pendant on a chain around her neck (the
rayed crater Tycho).  Could this be the same Artemis or Diana,
the goddess of the Moon, that the ancients mentioned about?

In the near future the New Face on Mars may also get a name and
could possibly give birth to a new religion or belief just like
Erich Von Daniken has created through his interpretion of ancient
images and objects on Earth.

Nick Balaskas