Liu Yang Becomes China's First Female Astronaut 229
China launched Saturday a rocket bearing three astronauts and an experimental orbiting module intended to presage a full-fledged space station at the end of this decade. While that's big news in itself, the launch also marks the first trip for a female Chinese astronaut. The BBC has a brief video, including part of a pre-launch press conference introducing 33-year-old astronaut Liu Yang, as well as her crewmates.
Taïkonaut (Score:5, Informative)
Congratulations for being the 56th female visitor! (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Congratulations for being the 56th female visit (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Taïkonaut (Score:4, Informative)
At least according to Wikipedia, Chinese themselves use the word "astronaut" in their official English publications (and "cosmonaut" in Russian ones).
The argument is silly, anyway. "Astron" is not English at all, and "cosmos", while Russian, is directly loaned from Greek. Why should we insist on using a Chinese word for a Chinese astronaut?
Re:HAIL CHINA! (Score:4, Informative)
If you are referring to the Radical Right talking point of the Community Reinvestment Act, which required mortgage lenders not to discriminate against qualified buyers, it was passed in 1977. That's a heck of a delayed reaction there as compared to, I dunno, the Gramm family's work in repealing Glass-Steagall in 1999.
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Re:Okay, and? (Score:4, Informative)