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Outer space will for the first time in human history have man-made stars in the sky. Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po newspaper reports that Chinese space engineers are now developing new types of satellite for communication, remote sensing, mapping, and space exploration that will be visible to the naked eye from the earth. They are dubbed 'moonlets', after the small moons that revolve around some planets, according to China Radio International Monday. With their powerful functions, low-cost and short research period, man-made moonlets have become one of the major trends in the development of international space technology. Chinese scientists started the research and development of moonlets in 1999 with the successful launch and operation of the Practice 5 satellite and the beginning of work on the development of the CAST968 bus based small satellite developed by the Chinese Academy of Space Technology. The CAST968 will be the centrepiece of a cluster of satellites. The manufacture and successful application of CAST968 attracted world-wide attention, and China has reached agreements with several countries to jointly research and develop moonlet technology. Source: Xinhua News Agency Related LinksSpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
Space Vegetables Take Root In China
Beijing (XNA) Sep 06, 2004"Space Vegetables," bred by astronautical mutagenesis, which is mutating genes in the radiation of outer space, are now found on many of China's dining tables, reported China Radio International on Sunday. |
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