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cratermoon t1_j2a7bqj wrote

That's sort of misleading, as China's first crewed flight was 2003, 20 years ago. The article references the 1992 adoption of a strategy. That'd be like saying the US crewed spaceflight program started July 29, 1958, at the founding of NASA, or even March 3, 1915, if you consider the founding of NACA.

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CaptMackenzieCalhoun OP t1_j2ae9lf wrote

It’s not misleading . The man program started with approval in 1992. It took 10 year development to get a person in space. China celebrate it’s anniversary at the start of their programs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Manned_Space_Program?wprov=sfti1

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Rao_Tzu t1_j2dla0o wrote

Perhaps we should start with the first Chinese use of solid propellant rockets against their Mongol invaders, in 1232 AD.

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leojg t1_j2durqh wrote

The real question is... did that mongol got to orbit with a rocket stuck in the chest? Was the first human in orbit that dude?

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