TheGuardian newspaperin England is reporting that China ’s state run telecasting , CCTV , and China ’s space office released a video living of thejust launched Tiangong 1miniaturespace stationshowing broad footage of rendezvous and bob manoeuvre in Earth orbit that is inexplicably set to the tune of “ America the Beautiful ” , a loyal hymn that many American ’s regard as a second , unofficial interior anthem . follow the YouTube video above and decide yourself .
The Guardian publish ; “ While China ’s leaders were lionize the jubilant launch ofTiangong-1 space labon Thursday ( Sept 29 ) , looker of land idiot box footage [ CCTV ] were treated to a flakey choice of soundtrack : America the Beautiful ” .
choose “ America the Beautiful ’ for the Tiangong-1 ( Heavenly Palace 1 ) launching wakeless track seems rather questionable , says the Guardian , and it ’s hard to tell if this was choice was intentional or an error by the propaganda department
“ Is this the work of an idealist seeking to usher in a unexampled earned run average of trans - peaceable co - cognitive process , a nationalist who wants to colonise American acculturation as well as outer quad , or but a propaganda gaffe ? ” – write the Guardian . A CCTV functionary quoted by the Guardian could not extend any clarification .
“ I do n’t have a go at it how to serve your question , ” Chen Zhansheng of the CCTV propaganda department said . “ I can not help you . ”
The CCTV web site states that the spiritedness was provide by the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and render a detailed description . Since the Guardian ’s tale , the animation has been blue-pencil by CCTV .
The invigoration itself begins with a fake launch of Tiangong-1 aboard the Long March 2F garden rocket and then shows the upcoming rendezvous and docking sequence with theShenzhou-8 unmanned capsulethat is set to set in motion in early November
Two days after blastoff of Shenzhou-8 , it will finish China ’s first rendezvous and dock in space . After about 12 days , the two craft are due to uncouple .
China will then attempt another moorage to take in more practice in front of the launch of two man Shenzhou capsules scheduled for 2012 ( Shenzhou-9 and 10 ) with crews of two or three Taiwanese astronaut , one of whom may be a charwoman .
Check this action packed alternate reading I find , in Chinese , which is set to different music and with even more blanket liveliness of the Tiangong 1 / Shenzhou-8 joint mission .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JZ9z-7SM4Q
One affair utterly clear is that China is sharply pushing forward with its man space program , while the US space plan retrenches due to continual budget cutback .
China plans to orbit a 60 ton , 3 module manned quad station by 2020 , about the time when the lifetime of the ISS may be coming to an close , unless the external partners agree to fund an extension of its orbital research activities .
The Chinese space place would be about the size of America ’s first space place – Skylab .
In the meantime , officials at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center report card that they continue adjusting the orbit of the 10 meter long Tiangong-1 space lab module .
This berth originally appeared onUniverse Today .
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