China's First Lunar Satellite Sends Back Pictures

Fantastic Lad writes "Chinese leaders hailed images sent back from the country's first lunar satellite on Monday, saying they showed their nation had thrust itself into the front ranks of global technological powers. China plans to launch its third manned rocket, Shenzhou VII, into space in October 2008 and may send an astronaut on a space walk, a Shanghai paper said. But a space official downplayed plans to put a man on the moon."There are no plans at the moment to send anyone on to the moon. I've heard of foreign reports which say China will put a man on the moon by 2020, but I don't know of such a plan," said Sun Laiyan, head of the China National Space Administration. "Please don't give us any more pressure. But I'm confident one day we'll put an astronaut on the moon," he told a news conference."

In related news...

[morgan_greywolf]

But I'm confident one day we'll put an astronaut on the moon," he told a news conference.

In related news, Chinese scientists have been found to be studying old episodes of the 1950s American television show The Honeymooners [wikipedia.org], hoping to actually the find the episode where Alice goes to the moon.

It is Cheese

[Anonymous Coward]

This is independently corroborated evidence , that the Moon is made of cheese. Oh the Power of Cheese !!!

Re:That's weird

[CastrTroy]

That was quite a while ago. It was probably blown away by the wind. Who knows where it is now.

Re:That's weird

[InterBigs]

Ahh yes, lunar wind. Another glorious American discovery!

ain't that hard...

[Anonymous Coward]

Well going on the moon shouldn't be to hard for China, all they have to do is put a chinese over a chinese over a chinese over a ...

Disappointed

[Vampyre_Dark]

I'm disappointed that the images aren't censored.

Re:Nah

[Beorytis]

Which were faked to begin with!