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Old 22nd Oct 2016, 03:57
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tdracer
 
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Well, it's been five years since anyone in the west has had the capability of launching a human into earth orbit (and likely to be at least two more years before we have the capability again) In comparison, it was eight years from Alan Shepard's sub-orbital flight to Neil Armstrong's 'one small step' on the moon
Kudo's to China - at least for the near future they are capable of doing something impressive that the West threw away...
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