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To: djane who wrote (4715)5/19/1999 10:52:00 AM
From: djane  Read Replies (2) of 29987
 
Nice symbolism for a new era if G* could start China service for 10/1/99 50th anniversary of PRC's founding

Wednesday May 19 1999

First spaceship one of 10
main projects

OLIVER CHOU
Ten major space test projects have been scheduled for
this year, a leading aerospace official revealed
yesterday.

They included research at the Shanghai aerospace base
on rocket and satellite development, Lu Xiaochun, party
chief of the city's Aerospace Bureau, told Liberation
Daily.

Military analysts said it was probable the launch of
China's first spaceship was one of the tasks.

Official media have reported that the Shanghai bureau
has been given the job of building parts of the spaceship,
including the capsule, in time for a launch around
October 1 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
founding of the People's Republic.


Mr Lu said Beijing had decided the China Aerospace
Industry General Corporation would be divided to set
up a "competition mechanism".

The reform is in line with reports that each of the five
military corporations under the Commission of Science,
Technology and Industry for National Defence would
have a new subsidiary.

Last week, Mr Lu returned from leading the Shanghai
Rocket-Satellite Experiment Group for two months on
the May 10 launch of two satellites at Taiyuan, Shanxi
province.

He told of the anger among his colleagues at the
embassy bombing. "The successful launch of our rocket
is a forceful answer to Nato's crime," he said. "The
bloody lesson teaches us that a strong defence, not just
a prosperous economy, is what makes a nation
powerful."

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