3 responses to “CHINA’S SPACE HERO?”

1. 

   lefty skeptic

   October 16, 2003 at 3:37 pm

   The difference is that the dog 46 years ago (Laika) didn’t survive.

   http://www.space.com/news/laika_anniversary_991103.html

   It’s a sad story, especially for a dog person like me.
2. 

   James Joyner

   October 16, 2003 at 3:42 pm

   True ’nuff. Just makes the pooch all the more heroic vis-a-vis our latecomer.
3. 

   Katewerk

   October 16, 2003 at 4:38 pm

   I was scratching my head about this story, too.
   “In an upcoming National Geographic special, a Chinese astronaut re–enacts the flights of early space pioneers.”

   Kate

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