taikonauts

Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Science

To Be An Astronaut In China, You Can’t Have Bad Breath

8:30AM Mark Wilson | According to China Daily, China’s criteria for selecting their astronauts is so stringent that it precludes candidates with scars, cavities or even simple bad breath. More »
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Science

Chinese Shenzhou 7 Space Walk a Success, and Here’s Proof!

1:00AM Jack Loftus | OK, so the Chinese space walk did happen, contrary to previous time-travelling propaganda spin, and here’s the proof. This video shows the Taikonauts exiting the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft and conducting a few simple experiments. Thanks to the riveting play-by-play commentary in the background, we know that one of these experiments involved retrieving “lubricant material that is placed on the outer body of the spacecraft.” Kinky. The video is ten minutes, but it’s a good ten minutes, and there’s a Star Wars style text progression at the very end that was probably made with iMovie. Lastly, politics be damned, this was inspiring.
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