China Cities' Great Progress' In Manned Space Program By Daniel Southerland

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worked out gradually in keeping with our needs and
capabilities." A foreign observer who has followed the Chinese space
program said it could still be a few years before China puts a man into
orbit. The People's Daily report did not say how many astronauts are being
trained or exactly when they might go into space. The Chinese have appeared
to be working for several years on problems associated with building a
space shuttle. A high-ranking official of China's national defense, science
and technology commission confirmed last May that there had been debate
over the feasibility of deploying a space shuttle.

According to the China Business Review, a magazine published in
Washington, D.C., China has been experimenting for more than 10 years with
the thermal problems associated with spacecraft re-entry. The Chinese also
have been developing space food and space suits for at least seven years,
according to published reports. The first publicity about the astronauts
began to appear ...

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