Shenzhou 7 planned launch September 25th

[Zipi]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>So far, they've been called both "astronauts" and "cosmonauts" depending on where they trained, and I've occasionally seen "spacionaut" which is a French construction.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are those who feel that France should reject "foreign" words and create local substitutes.&nbsp; This has had amusing results in many technical fields, where experts use English loan words and the general public use the officially-sanctioned French equivalents.&nbsp; There are other countries with similar nationalistic sentiments about their mother tongues, or where it simply doesn't make sense to just take loan-words.&nbsp; I would bet that Finnish and Icelandic have had to construct terms for space travellers, for instance.&nbsp; I wonder what they are? <br />Posted by CalliArcale</DIV></p><p>In finland we simply say "Astronautti", which is a pretty direct derivate from english word. <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /></p><p>It is the only "finnish" word to describe an astronaut... Or of course we have word "Kosmonautti", but that is not widely used since it smells too much Russian (and please no peas no noses, because I really appreciate Russia's space achievements).<br /><br />I have tried to think a pure finnish word for astronaut, but so far haven't figured out anything sensible. But it would not make too much sense to invent a new name since astronautti is so widely accepted and used here.</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[mopy]

<p>The link I gave above just gave a report. This link provides pics. You'll need internet explorer. </p><p>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90783/91322/6510072.html</p>

 

[mopy]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Of course the report is not technically correct. Both items continue to orbit the earth. The mini sat can not orbit Shenshou 7. It is just that there orbits are nearly the same. Orbital mechanics&nbsp;make it seem as though the mini sat is orbiting the Shenzhou 7 orbital module. in addition the mini sat must have some ability to station keep with the orbital module. <br /> Posted by shuttle_guy</DIV></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Not being an orbital engineer myself, I'll take what you say at face value. However, here's an interesting link on the mini satellite that has me wondering. You'll need internet explorer...</p><p>http://v.cctv.com/html/worldwidewatch/2008/10/worldwidewatch_300_20081006_2.shtml</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

 

[shuttle_guy]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>&nbsp;Not being an orbital engineer myself, I'll take what you say at face value. However, here's an interesting link on the mini satellite that has me wondering. You'll need internet explorer...http://v.cctv.com/html/worldwidewatch/2008/10/worldwidewatch_300_20081006_2.shtml <br />Posted by mopy</DIV></p><p>No, the mini sst can not orbit the mother ship. The mass of the mother ship is not large enough to hold the mini in orbit. The path around the mother ship is the result of their slightly different orbits around earth and probably some propulsion ability of te mini sat. If they gave you the mini's "orbital"period you would find that it is the same as their orbital period around Earth. &nbsp;If the two satellites were not near a large body such as Earth an orbit would be possible but extrememly fragil. In this case the Earth's gravity field prevents the orbit .</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[asj2006]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>The link I gave above just gave a report. This link provides pics. You'll need internet explorer. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90783/91322/6510072.html <br /> Posted by mopy</DIV></p><p>&nbsp;I've never understood China's love affair with Microsoft ;-) </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>------------------------------------------- </p><p>"Breathe. This is like most of the choices you have in life. <br />You know inside whether it's right. <br />Whether you do it is up to you." </p><p>From the Tao of Willie Nelson</p> </div>