So now the Chinese TV show presenting their most recent space exploits is saying the US moon landing might have been fake and that they might have not placed a flag there afterall.
Oh, and that the reporters didn't get a confirmation/denial for their accusations.
I've no idea who if anyone they've tried contacting, but I have no doubt they failed.
For a long time I've been giving the Chinese some slack. Well guess what?
The Chinese do not understand that attempting to discredit a simple fact from 30 years ago only makes them look stupid. I will no longer give a damn for their worthless space program. Let them have their propaganda filled national spirit programming. If they make it to the moon it will be a miracle. I believe someone will steal the titanium off the rocket while nobody is watching. Most likely they have a theft alarm strapped on to it, beeping every time someone coughs loudly in a neighbouring province, providing endless frustration to anyone nearby. If only they'd stayed away from the 2 RMB knock-off.
Or maybe the corrupt officials sell the astronauts for slave labor as soon as everyone forgets them. That should be about 2 seconds after the first malfuntion in their space program becomes public - and they can only hide so many. Knowing the Chinese Quality Standards it's going to be sudden, major and catastrofic.
Recall how the Iranese had to Photoshop their launch pictures to convince the outside world 25% of their missiles don't fail? Well China has both, Photoshoppers and cheap shit rockets a-plenty. They are broadcasting the fact their astronauts have the comparable luxury of an onboard toilet. Well, you already knew their rockets were full of shit. They are attempting an EVA for this flight but the Chinese news are much like the onboard space toilets after they clog; you have no reason to believe they succeeded even if they report success.
I wanted to give this story a pass today in the morning. Check what others think about the truthful reporting in China:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_re_as/as_china_space_article
China space mission article hits Web before launch (AP)
If you're not interested, the TL;DR is: "Stupid propaganda monkey didn't know when the rocket was supposed to be launched and reported anyway, including "recorded" radio transmissions."
OP Out.
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While I agree on pretty much everything in the post, the publishing of the article before the actual launch could, in fact, have been a "technical glitch".
ReplyDeleteSometimes news articles are written already in anticipation of an event, ready to be published the second the event comes reality. Of course, going as far as faking transmissions and all is a bit extreme, but things like this have happenned.
Not too long ago Bloomberg's accidental release of obituary of Steve Jobs. And I remember there was a glitch also in the Finnish media (can't remember which magazine) for the winning/losing of Eurovisions some time ago... stuff like that. I'm sure there'd be more if one looked into it.
Yet, can't really understand why you'd even need such vivid description of the launch in the first place. I mean, radio transmissions and stuff present a real risk of being caught with your pants down -- as happenned this time.
Having just wrote a normal article about the launch could've easily been explained like this kind of thing would and should usually be explained. As a glitch.
Let's all wait now for the proof concerning the moonlanding conspiracy!