October 17, 2004
It's Like China's Taking Golf Lessons from my Dad

China proves the Great People's Republic can do a bang-up job landing satellites:

"The landing technology of our country's satellites is very mature and the precision of the landing point is among the best in the world. Members of the public need not worry about this," it also said, quoting Chinese space experts.

Of course, there's always going to be a slight problem, every once in awhile:

"The returning capsule only went through the roof [of the villager's house] and no one was injured or died. Experts who inspected the return capsule found it was not damaged at all," the report said, quoting local official Ai Yuqing.

I mean, China's a gigantic country... it took a lot of effort to land that satellite precisely in the middle of that guy's roof. One-in-a-million shot!

Posted by scott at October 17, 2004 07:58 AM

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wow - talk about precision. that's almost as close as Kerry's budget numbers to the actual dollars he'll need to spend!

Posted by: ron on October 17, 2004 09:49 AM
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