China launches mission for first spacewalk

They are able to do this on our money that we send over there with everything that we buy. If they have the money for this and the olympics why can't they do something about the regulations on food and products?

And much technology was stolen from USA???

It is natural for China and Russia to cooperate on this venture. Hopefully one day, without our changing our political philosophy and economic system, we can engage with China in programs that benefit both our countries.
I hope the results of this space mission approximate the expenditures, and that somehow the powers engaged in space ventures get MORE than mere ego-building results. I've never been convinced that the serendipitous benefits of space programs have been worth the costs. They may have been, and if they have been, I hope China and the rest of the world will reap such rewards.
Congratulations to China on their accomplishment.

We can thank Bill Clinton for selling our hardwar to the Chinese for this great feat.

Way to go Bill!

a man just got busted for selling space info. to china. needed gas money.

May Bhudda Speed Little Chinamen

Their next mission is to dissasemble the Olympic Birds Nest, carry it to the moon, and reassemble it.

This is amazing to me. However, the world needs to know that China is trying to show itself that it is significant to the world. That is why at the olympics the opening ceremony, unknown to most of the world, depicted Chinese conquest history -- not general Chinese history. The olympics was just another conquest. Space is just another conquest. And what I have found interesting lately is that Wall Street and the US economic system is also becoming another conquest. When Bush referred to overseas investment, where do you think most of it comes from -- Asia. Where is Asia are most of the financial assets -- China. China will attempt at some point to financially overtake the US. But the US government and our citizens are too busy to stop and see the actions that are building up to this. While they take over the economic base of the US, we are limited in the amount of investment that can be done in China by the Chinese government. After a company sets up in China within a short time period that company will find a clone of its operations down the road with the EXACT same product but with a Chinese name! But the company does not protest because the potential market in China outweighs the loss of this infringement. Listen to this last statement that I make very carefully; because it is a part of Chinese history. CHINA THINKS THEY DISCOVERED AMERICA IN 1421, AND CHINA HAS A CLAIM ON THAT LAND.

Don't worry, it is technology of 60s. US has done this thousands of time 40 years ago. They are just mimicking what US was doing long long time ago.

Ignorance being the key word of everything I've read in all of these posts....

Congrats and good luck to the Chinese in their endeavour! Any venture into space will advance human knowledge of this quest. I am confident that, while the Chinese government in the '60s wasn't exactly 'jumping up and down' about our quest into space, their citizens were living vicariously through US. I think it is only fitting that we do the same now for them. I am vehemently against many of the things the Chinese (Gov't) stands for, but any space exploration must be good for all humanity.

Might I also suggest that future posters use the conveniently located 'Check Spelling'' button before posting (I did)? I realize that 'grammar checking' is a bit too much to ask.

God speed to our brothers! Have some respect! Geeeeez!

For those of you worried about China gaining ground on US technology...Fugetaboutit.

Shelt

Wonderful!!

For these guys kept saying "stealing", no country on this earth will share their ultra sensitive technology to anyone. The ones that are leaking out are probably baits. So I agree,

Fugetaboutit. Man, this new word sounds really good!

Welcome to the club boys!!

Do you mean to tell me that of all the cost and effort it takes to go into space that this is the best resolution photo they can produce. No earth in the background. It's a fake and who cares they couldn't sustain the funding for an active space program like the US.

Unless your goal is a racially motivated bashing, people made such remarks inadvertently reveals his/her ignorance!

watchdog 1 , you are the ignorant one! You think these are advance engineering discussions here?

Great job by the three Chinese astronauts to complete the space walk! It is an amazing achievement, a great leap forward for the Chinese space exploration program! Equally amazing is the fact that Chinese TV media are broadcast the whole event live, non-edit to the whole wide world. That shows that China is willing to and has been open herself up to the rest of world. As a developing country, it may not be perfect, yet, in my opinion, China had demonstrated a great deal of transparency and openness in its space program. This is a good thing for the world to coming together in cooperation, as one world, to peaceful use and exploration of the space, and the whole mankind can be benefit from that.

You can take the boy out of China, but you can never take the China out of the boy. That's why native born Americans never truly trust the Chinese. If they love China so much, why don't they go back there instead of getting American citizenship so they can run to America to educate their kids here.

Did your astronauts or whatever you called them scoop up the debris from the satellite you blew up last year? It may interfere with your future moon missions.

I hold resentment towards China's government, whoever said the Olympics was a big step in the right direction I believe otherwise e.g. > That girl who sang in the open ceremony of the Olympics was not actually singing the song but mouthing it after taking the place of the original girl who could actually sing the song but was not pretty enough... *disbelief* Morally China seem not to be moving forward.

Their values need to be amended and there space program is nothing but a competition. They need to realise that the exploration of space should not be considered a competition against America and Europe but an aspect paramount to the survival of the human race. America... NATO in general should also realise this.

Who in the world is stupid or hopeful enough to say the Chinese are winning the race. The race to where? They probably have stolen most the technology but even if they didn't, it takes 45 year old technology to launch a manned space craft. USA and the Russians did it in the 60s. Note how the Chinese space suit looked nearly identical to the Russian one. We landed on the moon in 1969 - 39 years ago and someone is dumb enough to say they are winning the race??? Wishful thinking.

I wish the Chinese well. They need this. In the 60s, when we were walking on the moon, they were mass killing their own people especially anyone with an education. They were reading a little red book written by a despot who killed more of his own people than any foreign government ever did. They have come a long way and the world is better because of it.

The more successful they are the more likely their communist government will fall. Then the world will really be ahead. That is the race we should hope they win.