China space mission article hits Web before launch

[Hamilton]

China space mission article hits Web before launch

May bring up a memory for those who saw the movie, Capracorn One back in the late '70's.  For those who never saw it, I would recommend it.  It is a drama of a Mars landing hoax.  Now if the Chinese had also accidentally released "live video or pictures" of the launch before it ever happened... oh how amazing it would be of a movie becoming prophetic in a sense.

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BEIJING - A news story describing a successful launch of China's long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet Thursday, hours before the rocket had even left the ground.

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The arcticle, dated two days from now on Sept. 27, vividly described the rocket in flight, complete with a sharply detailed dialogue between the three astronauts.

Excerpts are below:

"After this order, signal lights all were switched on, various data show up on rows of screens, hundreds of technicians staring at the screens, without missing any slightest changes ...

'One minute to go!'

'Changjiang No.1 found the target!'...

For further reading:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_re_as/as_china_space_article_1

[Kellzz]

Its a state run paper. So im sure they had about 5 versions of the story ready to go depending on what happened.



But i would not be surprised if China staged the whole thing

[Agamemnon]

National Command Authority (NCCOM) will know if they successfully "launch" anything that breaks the atmosphere. Of that I can be certain. Now whether or not there are bodies onboard etc...is another story...