http://liftlab.com/think/marc/2007/11/02/get-used-to-taikonauts-and-to-the-chinese-galileo/ Time to look East... Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:46:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://liftlab.com/think/marc/2007/11/02/get-used-to-taikonauts-and-to-the-chinese-galileo/comment-page-1/#comment-6695 Marc Laperrouza » Blog Archive » Full power Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:34:44 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/marc/2007/11/02/get-used-to-taikonauts-and-to-the-chinese-galileo/#comment-6695 [...] spatial program is once again getting media coverage. Engineers have their eyes set on developing a powerful [...] [...] spatial program is once again getting media coverage. Engineers have their eyes set on developing a powerful [...]

]]> http://liftlab.com/think/marc/2007/11/02/get-used-to-taikonauts-and-to-the-chinese-galileo/comment-page-1/#comment-2152 Marc Laperrouza » Blog Archive » After the compass and gunpowder Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:49:38 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/marc/2007/11/02/get-used-to-taikonauts-and-to-the-chinese-galileo/#comment-2152 [...] A millenium later, it is time to look back at the major technological development of the People’s Republic. For its 60th birthday, the official news agency Xinhua has highlighted the following achievements in the field of science and technology: - Li Siguang’s theory on geomechanics which allowed the discovery of the Daqinq oil field (1959) - the explosion of China’s first atomic bomb in Xinjiang (1964) which projected the country in the league of nuclear powers - Yuan Longping’s development of hybrid rice varieties (in the 1970s) which helped China move towards autonomy - connection to the Internet (May 1994) - the launch of China’s first lunar exploration satellite (2007) and the coining of a new word for a Chinese traveling in space (taikonaut) [...] [...] A millenium later, it is time to look back at the major technological development of the People’s Republic. For its 60th birthday, the official news agency Xinhua has highlighted the following achievements in the field of science and technology: – Li Siguang’s theory on geomechanics which allowed the discovery of the Daqinq oil field (1959) – the explosion of China’s first atomic bomb in Xinjiang (1964) which projected the country in the league of nuclear powers – Yuan Longping’s development of hybrid rice varieties (in the 1970s) which helped China move towards autonomy – connection to the Internet (May 1994) – the launch of China’s first lunar exploration satellite (2007) and the coining of a new word for a Chinese traveling in space (taikonaut) [...]

]]> http://liftlab.com/think/marc/2007/11/02/get-used-to-taikonauts-and-to-the-chinese-galileo/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Marc Laperrouza » Blog Archive » Preparing the moon walk? Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:56:26 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/marc/2007/11/02/get-used-to-taikonauts-and-to-the-chinese-galileo/#comment-298 [...] - China’s manned spacecraft - will be launched in a few days. One of the three taikonauts is scheduled to conduct a space walk. China successfully put two manned spacecraft into orbit in [...] [...] – China’s manned spacecraft – will be launched in a few days. One of the three taikonauts is scheduled to conduct a space walk. China successfully put two manned spacecraft into orbit in [...]

]]> http://liftlab.com/think/marc/2007/11/02/get-used-to-taikonauts-and-to-the-chinese-galileo/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Marc Laperrouza » Blog Archive » China's technology post-Christmas wishlist Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:00:48 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/marc/2007/11/02/get-used-to-taikonauts-and-to-the-chinese-galileo/#comment-89 [...] technological innovation. Be it for the roll-out of telecommunication networks or the launch of a taikonaut, Chinese government agencies (granted, with a little help of statistical creativity) have often [...] [...] technological innovation. Be it for the roll-out of telecommunication networks or the launch of a taikonaut, Chinese government agencies (granted, with a little help of statistical creativity) have often [...]

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