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Olympic commitment held aloft in space
By Zhao Huanxin (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-10-20 05:30
The "cats that were let out of the bag" were 64 pieces, including a national
flag that marched with Chinese scientists on a polar expedition, a flag for the
2010 Shanghai Expo, stamps and art works by children and noted Chinese artists.
There were also logos of Goldlion Holdings Ltd and some other established
companies.
"We used the limited space in the capsule to carry some articles ... so long
as they were not corrosive, contained no harmful gas, and posed no danger to
astronauts," Zhang Bainan, chief designer of the spacecraft system, said.
The articles weighed less than 20 kilograms, according to Zhang.
Qi Faren, a senior scientist, said they had nothing to do with space tests.
No instrument or equipment used in space experiments aboard Shenzhou VI was
taken out yesterday at the scene.
Yuan Jiajun, president of the academy, said researchers were studying the
large quantity of data obtained during the mission.
The return capsule spacecraft was moved to Beijing on Tuesday after it landed
safely with astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng in central Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region early on Monday.
(China Daily 10/20/2005 page1)
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