When the world is falling apart and
the price of everything is soaring through the roof, why not spend
billions on a big plane and shoot some Chinese people into space? At
the time of writing, the Shenzhou 7 is set to take off tonight, which
is always an exciting position to be in. It's like I can talk to
you from the past. Did the shuttle leave successfully? Did anything
blow up? What are the lotto numbers for this week? This mission is
the third time Chinese astronauts have popped up into the dark black
abyss that surrounds our infinitesimally tiny planet, but this is the
first time they've done it without borrowing spacesuits off the
Russians. Instead they spent over US$20m making their own. I'd
prefer the hand-me-downs. Good luck astronauts.
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