china has become the third country to develop an independent space program to put its "
taikonauts" in space (the others being the US and russia). you can watch a
video showing the first chinese space walk, which is interesting. something i noticed in the video is that the chinese space mission control center seemed a little... tight, didnt it?
here's
NASA's mission control center in houston:
![](http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/64568main_ffs_gallery_mcc_image2.jpg)
here's the
russian mission control center:
![](http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050928/050928_russia_control_hmed.h2.jpg)
and here's the chinese one they show in the video!?
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprdStaRDYc3yxa_1vGNjrIGrFzP0Slxtx8rqYObniQT2tTVDWDAj6QIHhVc_CXwKgt3yMk8PBhl6KW2k-t4OrkvseyBOH6i4EVYMO8-TzvQ6SX05soHz_1tQowkQ5n9YCNEaVnA/s400/Picture+1.png)
is it just me? they seem rather tighly squeezed into those rows! or is this not the real control center?
2 comments:
"tight" facilities ...
Limited budget and even more limited experience is my diagnosis. They'll be replacing / rebuilding their mission control center as time goes on; when taikonauts ar orbiting the moon, the Chines MCC will probably be as large and comfortable for the people manning the consoles as NASA Houston is.
-mike shupp
I personally think this is an awesome illustration of the divide between Western and Eastern culture, view of the individual, etc. I don't mean that in a negative way at all, just that it is a great glimpse of people thinking differently.
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